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The article discusses furloughs for college employees. A furlough is unpaid time that must be taken by an employee in order for their employer to cut costs. The author profiles several people that have been furloughed in 2009, including Daniel Childers, a professor in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, who talks about labor laws and their regulation of furloughs, and Megan Shockley, an associate professor of history at Clemson University, who spreads her furlough across many paychecks.

Focuses on issues related to the publishing industry in the U.S. Expected publication of the papers of scientist Albert Einstein by Princeton University Press; Mitchell Prize received by "Luca della Robbia," a study of the fifteenth-century Florentine sculptor by Sir John Pope-Hennessy; Decision of Senator Strom Thurmond to donate his public papers to his alma mater Clemson University in South Carolina.

The article discusses admissions dean Juan E. Gilbert from Clemson University, who developed the Applications Quest algorithm to aid in the selection of students based on ability and to encourage diversity in incoming classes. Quantitative measurement of student differences and enrollment director Susan Allen from Auburn University are mentioned, as well as diversity measurements for race, income level, and academic interest.

Offers various news briefs as of July 29, 1999. Announcement of Encyclopedia Britannica that it would stop printing encyclopedias due to the success of the multimedia CD-ROM version; How Ralph White will coach the Clemson University women's track team; List of the top ten motion pictures, in the United States, that in current release.

The article announces that Anand Gramopadhye has been appointment as dean of the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University, effective July 1, 2013.

An essay is presented on the relationship between architecture and universities and colleges. The author reflects on his experience as the president of Clemson University and his former career as an architect. It explains that teaching architecture helps teach creativity and critical thinking. The increase of project-based learning at Clemson University is described and the social aspects involved in being an architect are examined.

Presents information on the Anti-Americanism: Hating the U.S. at Home and Abroad course offered at Clemson University in South Carolina. Topics discussed in the course, including religious issues in the Middle East; Views of student Vicky Ducworth on the topic of anti-Americanism; Information on reading resources used in the course.