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John R. Thelin is University Research Professor at the University of Kentucky, where he has taught since 1996. A distinguished historian of public policy and higher education, Dr. Thelin began his own career in higher education as an assistant dean for admissions at Pomona College and later served as research director of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities. His books include Higher Education and Its Useful Past: Applied History in Research and Planning (1982), Games Colleges Play (1994, 1997), and most recently, A History of American Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004). About the Authors Alvin P. Sanoff is the former managing editor of U.S. News & World Report’s rankings project of “America’s Best Colleges” and “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” He has written about higher education for the Chronicle of Higher Education, USA Today, and many other national publications, and has been a consultant to numerous colleges and universities on strategic planning and related issues. He recently served as project manager for the Education Schools Project headed by Arthur Levine, president of Teachers College. Sanoff now works as a consultant, freelance writer, and contributing editor for Washingtonian Magazine. Welch Suggs has been a knowledgeable observer of liberal arts colleges for more than 15 years—first as a student at Rhodes College in Tennessee, then as a journalist, and now as associate director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. Before joining the Knight Commission in 2005, Suggs was a reporter and then senior editor for the Chronicle of Higher Education. He is also the author of A Place on the Team: The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX, published in 2005 by Princeton University Press. v
The Council of Independent Colleges is grateful to the following corporations, foundations, and individuals for their generosity on this 50 th anniversary occasion: Platinum Royall & Company Gold Academic Search Consultation Service ARAMARK Education Buhl Foundation Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Noel-Levitz Sodexho Campus Services SunGard Collegis, Inc. SunGard SCT Silver Burt Hill CDW-G Celli-Flynn Brennan, Architects & Planners Richard and Caroline Ekman Marylouise Fennell, RSM Hardwick~Day Higher Education Executive Associates, LLC Jerold Panas, Linzy & Partners Jon McRae & Associates, Inc. Kaludis Consulting Keith Moore Associates Kendall, Prebola, and Jones, CPAs Partners Development Paskill Stapleton & Lord Scott Healy & Associates Segal/Sibson Consulting Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott The Spelman & Johnson Group Bronze Elizabeth Bishop Kathleen and Daniel Bowman Business Engineering, Inc. Richard and Kathleen Dalrymple Russell and Judith Garth William E. Hamm Jon N. and Sandra L. Moline Jeanne H. Neff Frederik and Rosemary Ohles Jake B. and Jane W. Schrum Mary Pat and Robert Seurkamp John and Trudy M. Strassburger Richard and Margaret Traina Patrice Werner O.P. Laura Wilcox and Donald Schwarz vi
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