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Chapter 1 of the book "The Honors College Phenomenon," edited by Peter C. Sederberg is presented. It explores the 1958 referendum on the political campaign of Arizona whether Arizona State College should be a university. It highlights the pattern of matriculation which presents a long-term problem on college schools. It highlights highly respected public universities which have talented and ambitious undergraduates, the role of public education, and honors education.

Chapter 1 of the book "Shatter the Glassy Stare: Implementing Experiential Learning in Higher Education," edited by Peter A. Machonis is presented. It explores the three very significant applications for the university or college discovery. It allows the freshmen to explore the strong ethnic and historic ties between the state university and its surrounding community. It applies Campus as Text to a group of honors freshmen and its use to an advanced World Religions course.

Chapter 10 of the book "The Conditions for Admission: Access, Equity, and the Social Contract of Public Universities" is presented. It discusses the appropriate level of autonomy in public universities in setting admission policies. It also resolves how merit is defined and used in the process of selecting qualified students.

References for the articles published in 2007 issue of "The Conditions for Admission: Access, Equity, and the Social Contract of Public Universities" are presented.

Chapter 3 of the book "The Condition for Admission: Access, Equity and the Social Contract of Public Universities" is presented. It probes on the University of California's commitment in honoring their implemented university policy as part of its social contract. It also discusses the differing approaches of American universities and colleges concerning the issue of race and race discrimination.

Chapter 1 of the book "The Condition for Admission: Access, Equity and the Social Contract of Public Universities" is presented. It discusses the historical study of the admission policies and practices of public universities in the U.S. It also gives an overview of how the social contract has formed, grown and changed the success and failure as elucidated in the following chapters.

Chapter 61 of the book "Start With a Story: The Case Study Method of Teaching College Science: An NSTA Press Journals Collection" is presented. It accounts the challenges faced by assistant professor Paul Seymour upon introducing his new teaching method of case studies to students at the State University at Chicago, Illinois. It also highlights some of the solutions Seymour could try in teaching like allowing the students to work in their groups.

Talks about the phenomenon of the publicly supported university in the U.S. during the nineteenth-century. Forms of the U.S. state university during the late eighteenth century; Influence of the University of Virginia on higher education in the U.S.; Influences which shaped the development of early western universities.

A profile of African civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, Junior is presented. Young was born on July 31, 1921 in Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky and studied his bachelor's degree in Kentucky State College. He was the executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 until his death in 1971 and the president of the National Association of Social Workers.