Table of Contents 

Features 

The Growing Interest in Academic Quality
By Peter T. Ewell

Learning Metrics: How Can We Know That Students Know What They Are Supposed to Know?
By Ellen-Earle Chaffee

Lessons Learned about Student Learning: Eight Test Cases
By AGB

Competency-Based Education: What the Board Needs to Know
By Rebecca Klein-Collins, Stanley O. Ikenberry, and George D. Kuh

Board Chairs and Board Professionals: Partners in Governance
By David Rubenstein and Richard Riddell

A board chair and board professional share lessons learned in the key areas where their collaboration contributes most to the board’s work: education, planning, and communication.

Interim Senior-Level Appointments: Why, When, How?
By Joseph S. Johnston Jr.

The tenures of people holding executive-level positions in higher education are increasingly short, and institutions have responded by considering more interim appointments.

Liberal Education vs. Professional Education: The False Choice
By Larry D. Shinn

Does an unbridgeable chasm between “liberal education” and “professional training” truly exist?

Departments

Legal Standpoint
Faculty Members and Free Speech Part II: Four Principles for Boards
By Lawrence White

Focus on the Presidency
The Benefits of Good Board Governance
By William E. Troutt

View from the Board Chair
Building Strong Working Relationships
By Robert F. Cioffi

A Question For…
Patricia P. Jackson
What Should Board Members Know about Fundraising?