The Editor.

The Contributors.

1. The Many Faces of Accountability (Joseph C. Burke).

2. Accountability and the Private Sector: State and Federal Perspectives (William M. Zumeta).

3. Accountability and Governance (Richard C. Richardson Jr., Thomas R. Smalling).

4. Accountability and Accreditation: Can Reforms Match Increasing Demands? (Ralph A. Wolff).

5. Can Assessment Serve Accountability? It Depends on the Question (Peter T. Ewell).

6. Standardized Testing and Accountability: Finding the Way and the Will (T. Dary Erwin).

7. Imagine Asking the Client: Using Student and Alumni Surveys for Accountability in Higher Education (George D. Kuh).

8. Academic Audit for Accountability and Improvement (William F. Massy).

9. State-by-State Report Cards: Public Purposes and Accountability for a New Century (Patrick M. Callan, Joni E. Finney).

10. Reinventing Accountability: From Bureaucratic Rules to Performance Results (Joseph C. Burke).

11. Resources and Reputation in Higher Education: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (J. Fredericks Volkwein, Stephen D. Grunig).

12. The Dog That Doesn’t Bark: Why Markets Neither Limit Prices nor Promote Educational Quality (Robert M. Zemsky).

13. The Three Corners of the Accountability Triangle: Serving All, Submitting to None (Joseph C. Burke).

References.

Name Index.

Subject Index.