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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.

Cites a report of Larry Earl Bone, Director of Libraries at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York, which emphasize on the improvement of a big and fast growing public library's entire collection development operations. List of 13 recommendations for the development.

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 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.

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.