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(2007)
 
• Rankings, Competition, and the Evolving American University by Lombardi and Elizabeth D. Capaldi, "Introduction" to The Top American Research Universities, 2007.
• The Top American Research Universities--2007The Center for Measuring University Performance, 2007 by Lombardi, Elizabeth D. Capaldi, Craig W. Abbey.
• How Long Can I Last? in Patrick H. Sanaghan, Larry Goldstein, and Kathleen D. Gaval, Presidential Transitions: It's Not Just the Position, It's the Transition (appeared in 2007, copyright 2008)
• Introduction: Columbus and the Encounter; Introduction: The New Nation in The Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress
• Introduction of Dr. John F. Schwaller, 15th President, SUNY Potsdam
• Inside Higher Ed Reality Check
  • Reality Check: The Blog (Reality Check: 05/01, Celebrating Creativity: 05/08, ACE and the Presidents: 05/11, The Constant Crisis of the Liberal Arts: 05/18, What is Higher Education? 6/18, University Presidential Memoirs: 7/23, Differential Pricing: 7/29, Recruiting Student-Athletes: 8/8, Ranking the Rankings: 8,17, The Academic Success Entitlement: 9/26, Taxing the Sports Factory: 10/1, Testing What? 11/2, Watch Lists: 12/09, Finding the Best: The College Football Championship in America)
  • On Large Scale Student Databases (04/20/07)
  • The Benefit of Many Winners (02/01/07)
    reprinted The NCAA News, 2/26/07.
  • Research Competition and the MLA (01/11/07)

  (2006)
   

• The Top American Research Universities--2006
• Improving Graduation Rates: A Simple Method That Works, Change, 38:4 (2006), 44-58 by Elizabeth D. Capaldi, Lombardi, and Victor Yellen.
• Inside Higher Ed Reality Check
  • The Failure of Critical Thinking (12/12/06)
  • Comparing Wal-Mart and Tiffany (11/9/06)
  • Regulating the New Consumerism (9/28/06)
  • Virtues and Vices of 'Value Added' (8/10/06)
  • The Value of Commission Reports. (7/18/06)
  • Public and Private: What’s the Difference? (3/6/06)
  • Can We Learn the Hard Languages. (1/1/06)
• Norma Jean Anderson (1932-2006)

  (2005)
  

• The Top American Research Universities--2005
• Deconstructing University Rankings: Medicine and Engineering, and Single Campus Research Competitiveness, 2005
• UMass Amherst Budget Update:
  Amherst 250 Plan: Step One, An Interim Report (12/2/05)
• Inside Higher Ed Reality Check
  • Paying for the Research Juggernaut. (12/15/05
  • Too Much Money? Sports and the Budget. (10/11/05)
  • We're All Getting Better. (10/17/05)
  • Trustees and Tenure. (10/7/05)
  • Should Our Students Study Chinese? (9/16/05)
  • Students Read Less. Should We Care? (8/23/05)
  • The Faculty Salary Game. (8/4/05)
  • Rearranging the Deck Chairs. (7/15/05)
  • Grade Inflation and Abdication. (6/3/05)
  • Equalizing Merit and Economic Opportunity. (5/19/05)
  • Accountability, Improvement and Money. (5/3/05)
  • Fuzzy Numbers [student/faculty ratio]. (4/15/05)
  • Luxury, Subsidy and Opportunity: Purchasing a Quality Education. (3/28/05)
  • Preserving the Audience: The NCAA and the APR. (3/14/05)
  • Who Gets In, What It Costs. (2/28/05)
  • Missing the Mark: Graduation Rates and University Performance. (2/14/05)
  • The Enemy Is Us: Cost Reduction in College Sports. (1/31/05)
• Pedro Grases (1909-2004)
• The University of Massachusetts Amherst Budget Update FY05 (2/4/05)

(2004)


• The Top American Research Universities--2004
• Comparing Apples and Oranges: Five Years of Measuring University Performance at TheCenter
• The UMass Amherst Financial Master Plan: FY02-FY09 (1/28/04)

  (2003)
  

• The Top American Research Universities--2003
• The Sports Imperative in America’s Research Universities
• From the Chancellor: Research Defines the Flagship University
  (UMass Magazine, Summer 2003)
• Budget Document Archive: 2003
  Approaching the Campus Budget: Research [posted October 23, 2003]
  Approaching the Campus Budget [posted September 18, 2003]
  Report to the President [August 4, 2003]
  Campus Response to FY04 Budget [posted May 6, 2003]
• Competing for Quality: The Public Flagship Research University. Reilly Center Public Policy Fellow, February 26-28, 2003. The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs. Louisiana State University.
• The Academic Imperative
  El imperativo académico
  February 7, 2003, University of Massachusetts Amherst  
• Prologue: Venezuela's Permanent Dilemma

  (2002)
  

• The Top American Research Universities--2002
• University Governance, Organization, and Competitiveness
• Palabras mágicas e interpretaciones divergentes: El contexto histórico del diálogo entre Venezuela y los Estados Unidos, Asociación Fulbright de Venezuela, September 26, 2002, Caracas.
  [English version: Magic Words and Divergent Interpretations: The Historical Context for Conversations between Venezuela and the United States]
• The Culture of Achievement at UMassAmherst
  

  (2001)
  

• The Top American Research Universities--2001
• Quality Engines: The Competitive Context for Research Universities
• Statewide Governance: The Myth of the Seamless System.
• Stephen C. O'Connell (1916-2001)
• Quality Engines: The Strategic Principles for Competitive Universities in the Twenty-First Century [English version of: Generadores de Calidad: Los Principios Estratégicos de las Universidades Competitivas en el Siglo XXI Presented at the Simposio Evaluación y Reforma de la Educación Superior en Venezuela, 15 y 16 de Marzo de 2.001. Sala "Francisco de Miranda" Biblioteca Central, Universidad Central de Venezuela]
  

  (2000)
  

• La Invención de Venezuela en el marco del sistema mundial: Transición, 1750-1850 [Pre-Publication, Spanish]
  The Invention of Venezuela within the World System: The Century of Transition, 1750-1850 [English]
• How Classifications Can Help Colleges
• The Top American Research Universities--2000
• The Myth of Number One: Indicators of Research University Performance
• Academic Libraries in a Digital Age
• Remembering Herman B Wells (1902-2000)
• History and Our Heroes-The Bolívar Legend [Draft]
• University Improvement: The Permanent Challenge
  

  (1999)
  

• Congressional Tribute to Dr. John V. Lombardi
  University of Florida President
• A Decade of Performance
• Capturing Opportunities
• Colleges Shouldn't Be Employment Agencies
• The Undergraduate Experience
• UF's Future Course: Quality and Productivity
  

  (1998)
  

• Who Needs the Past?
• UF Launches Graduate Fellowship Initiative
• Growth and Quality: Tracking Student Numbers at the University of Florida
• Making Things Work
• Computing Is Essential To Everything We Do -- Including Education
• The Net, the Universities, and the Market
  

  (1997)
  

• Free Markets and Competition: Taking Public Universities Into the 21st Century
• Louis J. Atkins (1920-1997)
• Students, Universities, and Graduation Rates: Some Times Simple Things Don't Work
• Learning to Count in Higher Education
  

  (1995-97)
  

• The Accountability Handbook from the University of Florida
  
• John V. Lombardi and Elizabeth D. Capaldi
  Measuring University Performance: The Series
      (1995)
  State Support
  Teaching
  Classrooms
  Research
      (1996)
  Excess Hours
  Transfer Students
  Research Benefits
  Student Quality
  Financial Aid
  Costs
      (1997)
  The Bank
  The Ph.D