This collection of 16 essays explore the effects and implications of the changing relationship between external societal influences and academic institutions in the United States. A foreword by Clark Kerr is entitled, "American Society Turns More Assertive: A New Century Approaches for Higher Education in the United States." The essays are: (1) "Campus and Commonwealth: A Historical Interpretation" (John R. Thelin); (2) "Academic Freedom in Delocalized Academic Institutions" (Walter P. Metzger); (3) "Autonomy and Accountability: Some Fundamental Issues" (Robert O. Berdahl and T. R. McConnell); (4) "Academic Freedom at the End of the Century: Professional Labor, Gender, and Professionalism" (Sheila Slaughter); (5) "Economics and Financing of Higher Education: The Tension Between Quality and Equity" (W. Lee Hansen and Jacob O. Stampen); (6) "The Federal Government and Higher Education" (Lawrence E. Gladieux and