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The article discusses the Personalized Achievement Contract program (PACT) of Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Topics covered include the assignment of a professional mentor to all incoming students to act as their advisor during their entire time at the college, the assignment of mentors according to the students' major, and the program's expansion to include transfer students. Also mentioned are areas where students are mentored including applying for financial aid.

The article discusses the teacher education sector in New York State between 2006 and 2014, noting decisions by government regulators to keep certain education schools open despite demonstrated institutional problems. Details are given describing the particular case example of the teacher preparation program of Mercy College of Dobbs Ferry, the perceived administrative problems within the school, and the state administration's approach favoring remediation rather than school closure.

This article reports that Larry Earl Bone, who retired as Mercy College's director of libraries, will have an American literature collection named after him at the Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. institution, as of February 1989. The Larry Earl Bone Collection on American Literature honors his achievements for the libraries, which Mercy College President Wilbert LeMelle described as adding to intellectual life through his devotion to excellence and scholarship.

The article discusses the Bronx Parent Center parent education program developed by Mercy College in partnership with Public School (PS) 85 in New York City, which allows Mercy professors to volunteer their time to train parents to be engaged with their children's education. Service-learning, change agents in education, and services for parents of special needs students are discussed, as well as parent-teacher associations and English as a second language classes.

The author focuses on creating a new model for a school of business at Mercy College in New York that would inspire a student to become a chief executive officer (CEO) or achieve other c-level success in business. It informs that students need a deep foundation of academic knowledge and teachings from executives having the advantage of experience as well as valuable contacts. Studies have revealed that the biggest predictor of attaining CEO status is engagement in business at a young age.

The author offers a retrospective on Dorothy Day. She mentions her chance discovery of a letter written by Dorothy Day on September 17, 1973. She relates the contents of Day's letter including her refusal to accept an honorary degree from Mercy College, and her visit with the author to the Catholic Worker Farm in Tivoli, New York. The author is thankful for discovering Day's letter and the blessings that she has brought to her life amidst the gloomy period being experienced by the Catholic Church.

Reports on the plan of the Mercy College of New York to compensate for the reduction in the funding provided by the state. Incentives to faculty members based on the number of enrollments in the college; Implications of the same; Opinion of supporters and critics of the plan.

The article focuses on the first concert titled "Safe Sounds: A Concert of Ambient Music," a celebration of the 83rd Better Speech and Hearing Month (BHSM) by the Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. The event was produced by undergraduate students at the college's Music Industry Technology program. According to Gloria Schlisselberg, Mercy's professor of communication disorders and clinic director, the concert has a message that music does not have to be loud to be appreciated.