John V. Lombardi

jlombardi@library.umass.edu
lombardi@jvlone.com

• The Top American Research Universities , 2000-2020

• "Competing with the Best: America's Top Research Universities 2000-2020," Lombardi, Diane D. Craig, Craig W. Abbey, and Lynne N. Collis, The Top American Research Universities, 2020.
• "The Unrecognized Complexity of Higher Education," Lombardi, Craig, Michael M.E. Johns, and William B. Rouse, The Top American Research Universities, 2019.
• "Staying at the Top: An Essay on the Comparative Advantage of America's Top Research Universities," Lombardi and Craig, The Top American Research Universities, 2018.
• "America’s Research Universities: Is the Enterprise Model Sustainable?" Lombardi and Craig, The Top American Research Universities 2017..
• "Modeling Research Universities: Predicting Probable Futures of Public vs. Private and Large vs. Small Research Universities," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (119, 2018), Rouse, Lombardi, and Craig .
• "American Research Universities in an Era of Change: 2006-2015," The Top American Research Universities, Lombardi and Craig, 2016.
• "Picking Winners: The Redefinition of University Competition," The Nicholas A. D'Amato MD Memorial Lecture, Lombardi, October 26, 2016, Eastern Virginia Medical School.
• "Elitism, Ideology, and Pragmatism: A US Higher Education Perspective," A keynote presentation for the Conference on Neo-Liberalism and Public Higher Education, Lombardi, (Julian Samora Research Institution, March 27-28, 2015, Michigan State University).
• "What's in a Name? The Classification of Research Universities," The Top American Research Uiversities, MUP Staff, 2015.
• "Tracking Academic Research Funding: The Competitive Context for the Last Ten Years," Craig and Lombardi, The Top American Research Universities, 2014.
• "The Best American Research Universities Rankings: Four Perspectives," Craig and Lombardi,The Top American Research Universities 2013.
• "Research Universities: The Next Five Years," Lombardi, Rainer and Julie Martens Invited Lecture, 2013, National Academy of Kinesiology Conference, 83rd Annual Meeting, September 19, 2013.
• The High Cost of Higher Education: part 3, Lombardi, Johns Hopkins University Press Blog, 2014.
• "Measuring Research Performance: National and International Perspectives," Craig and Lombardi, The Top American Research Universities 2012.
• Minimalist College: The Testing Floor, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 11/01/2013.
• "Leading the University: The Roles of Trustees, Presidents, and Faculty," Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning,(45:1, 24-32, 2013) [Richard Legon, Lombardi, and Gary Rhoades].
• MOOCs and the Future of the University, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 11/12/2012.
• "Living in the Cloud: Who Owns It, Who Pays for It, Who Keeps It Safe, and Will My Kids Inherit the Wind?" Lombardi, Association of Research Libraries, Library Assessment Conference, October 29, 2012.
• Academic Fantasies: Open Trustee Meetings, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 09/12/2012.
• The Next Big Thing, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 07/23/2012.
• Comparing Universities' Sports Subsidies to Library Spending, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 06/01/2012.
• Governance: A Fable, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 05/23/2012.
• Content and Context: In Search of Credentials, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 05/10/2012.
• Global Research Benchmarking System, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 11/23/2011.
• In Praise of Librarians, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 10/19/2011.
• "Moving Up: The Marketplace for Federal Research in America," Craig and Lombardi, The Top American Research Universities, 2011.
• "In Pursuit of Number ONE," Lombardi, The Top American Research Universities, 2010.
• Watching the Money, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 08/20/2010.
• "Research University Competition and Financial Challenges," Capaldi, Lombardi, Craig W. Abbey, Craig, The Top American Research Universities, 2009.
• Seeking Federal Support, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 11/09/2009.
• The Next Big Thing: Crisis and Transformation in American Higher Education, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 08/09/2009.
• Leveraging Crisis for Competitive Advantage, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 05/08/2009.
• The Mote in Thy Brother's Eye, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 03/25/2009.
• Budget Crises, Academic Change: A Fable, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 01/08/2009.
• Competition and Restructuring the American Research University, Capaldi, Lombardi, Abbey, Craig, The Top American Research Universities, 2008.
• Performing to Make Money: Making Money to Perform, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 10/19/2008.
• Naming Names: Ten Rules, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 07/14/2008.
• Keeping Donors and Their Heirs Happy, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 07/02/2008.
• Managing the Elite, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 05/27/2008.
• Financial Aid: Buying Student Talent, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 04/29/2008.
• Managing for Improvement: Part II, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 04/23/2008.
• Managing for Improvement: Part I, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 04/21/2008.
• Pricing the Product, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 02/05/2008.
• Perspectives on the Progression of Learning in Higher Education: An Interview with John Lombardi. IMS Global Learning Consortium Series on Learning Impact, January 25, 2008.
• Rankings, Competition, and the Evolving American University, Lombardi and Capaldi, The Top American Research Universities, 2007.
• How Long Can I Last? Lombardi, in Patrick H. Sanaghan, Larry Goldstein, and Kathleen D. Gaval, Presidential Transitions: It's Not Just the Position, It's the Transition, 2007.
• Deconstructing Faculty Work, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 11/27/2007.
• Watch Lists, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 11/15/2007.
• Testing What?, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 11/02/2007.
• The Academic Success Entitlement, Lombardi, Reality Check Blog, Inside Higher Ed, 09/26/2007.
• Ranking the Rankings, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 08/17/2007.
• Differential Pricing, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 07/29/2007.
• University Presidential Memoirs, Lombardi, Reality Check Blog, Inside Higher Ed, 07/23/2007.
• What is Higher Education?, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 06/18/2007.
• The Constant Crisis of the Liberal Arts, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 05/18/2007.
• ACE and the Presidents, 05/11/2007. Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed,
• Celebrating Creativity, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 05/08/2007.
• Reality Check: the Blog, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 05/01/2007.
• "On Large Scale Student Databases," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 04/20/07.
• "Research Competition and the MLA," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed 01/11/07.
• "Improving Graduation Rates: A Simple Method That Works,"Capaldi, Lombardi, and Victor Yellen Change, 38:4 (2006), 44-58.
• "The Failure of Critical Thinking," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 12/12/2006.
• "Comparing Wal-Mart and Tiffany," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 11/9/2006.
• "Regulating the New Consumerism", Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 9/28/2006.
• "Virtues and Vices of 'Value Added'," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 8/10/2006.
• "The Value of Commission Reports," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 7/18/2006.
• "Public and Private: What's the Difference?" Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 3/6/2006.
• "Can We Learn the Hard Languages?" Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 1/1/2006.
• "Deconstructing University Rankings: Medicine and Engineering, and Single Campus Research Competitiveness", Lombardi, Capaldi, Denise S. Mirka, Abbey The Top American Research Universities.
• "Paying for the Research Juggernaut," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 12/15/2005.
• "We're All Getting Better," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 10/17/2005.
• "Trustees and Tenure," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 10/7/2005.
• "Should Our Students Study Chinese?" Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 9/16/2005.
• "Students Read Less. Should We Care?" Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 8/23/2005.
• "The Faculty Salary Game," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 8/4/2005.
• "Rearranging the Deck Chairs," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 7/15/2005.
• "Grade Inflation and Abdication," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed,6/3/2005.
• "Equalizing Merit and Economic Opportunity," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 5/19/2005.
• "Accountability, Improvement and Money," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed,5/3/2005.
• "Fuzzy Numbers [student/faculty ratio]," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 4/15/2005.
• "Luxury, Subsidy and Opportunity: Purchasing a Quality Education," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 3/28/2005.
• "Who Gets In, What It Costs," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed,2/28/2005.
• "Missing the Mark: Graduation Rates and University Performance," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 2/14/2005.
• "Measuring and Improving Research Universities: TheCenter at Five Years," Lombardi, Capaldi, Kristy R. Reeves, Gater, The Top American Research Universities, 2004.
• "The Sports Imperative in America's Research Universities," Lombardi, Capaldi, Reeves, Craig, Gater, Dominic Rivers, The Top American Research Universities, 2003.
• "Competing for Quality: The Public Flagship Research University," Lombardi, Reilly Center Public Policy Fellow, February 26-28, 2003. The Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs. Louisiana State University.
• "University Governance, Organization, and Competitiveness," Lombardi, Craig, Capaldi, Gater, The Top American Research Universities, 2002.
• "Quality Engines: The Competitive Context for Research Universities," Lombardi, Craig, Capaldi, Gater, Sarah L. Mendonça The Top American Research Universities, 2001.
• "Statewide Governance: The Myth of the Seamless System," Lombardi, AACU, Peer Review Winter, 2001.
• "Quality Engines: The Strategic Principles for Competitive Universities in the Twenty-First Century", 2001 [English version of: "Generadores de Calidad: Los Principios Estratégicos de las Universidades Competitivas en el Siglo XXI", Lombardi, 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], 2001.
• "How Classifications Can Help Colleges," Lombardi, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000.
• "The Myth of Number One: Indicators of Research University Performance," Lombardi, Craig, Capaldi, Gater The Top American Research Universities, 2000.
• "Academic Libraries in a Digital Age," Lombardi, D-Lib Magazine, (6:10, 2000).
• "University Improvement: The Permanent Challenge," Lombardi, Prepared at the Request of President John Palms, University of South Carolina, February 2000.
• "Colleges Shouldn't Be Employment Agencies," Lombardi, The Chronicle of Higher Education, POINT OF VIEW, 4/16/99.
• Who Needs the Past?, "Who Needs the Past?" Lombardi, Anderson Scholar Convocation, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida, September 1998.
• "Free Markets and Competition: Taking Public Universities Into the 21st Century," Lombardi, Impact, 1997.
• "Students, Universities, and Graduation Rates: Some Times Simple Things Don't Work," Lombardi, Capaldi, Ideas in Action, March 1997.
• "Learning to Count in Higher Education," Lombardi, The Washington Post, January 8, 1997
• "The Budget Matters: Covered Degrees and The Return on Research Investment," Lombardi, University of Florida, 1996.
• "Waging War: The Arts and Sciences, the University, and the People," Lombardi (National Meeting of Liberal Arts and Sciences Deans.Tampa, Florida, November 12, 1992) (Also in revised form in Point of View, "With their Accounts in Order, Colleges Can Win Back Their Critics," The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/17/93).

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• Reports on the Campus Budget, 2003-2006, retrieved from Wayback Machine
• From the Chancellor: Research Defines the Flagship University, Lombardi, UMass Magazine, Summer 2003. [No longer available online from UMass Amherst]
• The Academic Imperative Lombardi, [El imperativo académico] February 7, 2003, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
• The Culture of Achievement at UMassAmherst, Lombardi, 2002.

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• Congressional Tribute to Dr. John V. Lombardi, University of Florida President, 1999.
• A Decade of Performance, Lombardi and Capaldi, University of Florida Foundation, 1999.
• "Capturing Opportunities," Lombardi, Today Magazine, 6/1999.
• "The Undergraduate Experience," Lombardi, Today Magazine, 3/1999.
• "UF's Future Course: Quality and Productivity," Lombardi, Gainesville Sun, Sunday, January 3, 1999.
• "UF Launches Graduate Fellowship Initiative," Lombardi, Today Magazine, 12/1998.
• "Growth and Quality: Tracking Student Numbers at the University of Florida," Lombardi, Today Magazine, 9/1998.
• "Making Things Work," Lombardi, Today Magazine, 6/1998.
• "Computing Is Essential To Everything We Do -- Including Education," Lombardi, Today Magazine, 3/1998.
• The Accountability Handbook from the University of Florida, 1996.
• Measuring University Performance: The Series, Lombardi and Capaldi, The University of Florida
     (1995)
  State Support, 1996.
  Teaching, 1996.
  Classrooms, 1996.
  Research, 1996.
    (1996)
  Excess Hours, 1996.
  Transfer Students, 1996.
  Research Benefits, 1996.
  Student Quality, 1996.
  Financial Aid, 1996.
  Costs, 1996.
    (1997)
  The Bank, 1997.
  The Ph.D., 1996.
• Quality, Productivity, and Budget: It's Performance That Counts, Lombardi, 1996.
• A Proposal for Degree Funding: Draft, Lombardi, 1/5/1996.
• Life, Liberty, and Lost Faith, Lombardi, 1995.
• Teaching, Lombardi, 1995.
• Dealing with Hate on Our Campus, Lombardi, 1994.
• Fact and Imagination, Lombardi, 1993.
• Change is at Heart of University's Success, Lombardi, 1992.
• What's Going On?, Lombardi, 1992.
• Competition and Choices, Lombardi, 1990.
• The Florida Challenge for Higher Education, Lombardi, 1990.

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• The ITM/MUCIA Program in Malaysia: Cooperation in Higher Education, 1987 (9MB).
• "So, What's Your Major?", Lombardi, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 1987 Baccalaureate Address, Indiana University, May 10, 1987.
• "Excellence at Risk, College of Arts and Sciences," Lombardi, Indiana University, January 21, 1987.
• "International Education--Indiana University," Lombardi, Approaches to International Education, ed. Earl L. Blackman (ACE-Macmillan, 1984).
• Computer Literacy at Indiana University Bloomingon, Lombardi, 1984.

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• "The Word Processor Wars, 1978 to 1996: Reflections of a Participant Observer", Lombardi, The Club, January 5, 2012, Springfield, Massachusetts.
  "Microcomputers and the Word Wars: A Personal Adventure, 1978-1986" [PowerPoint for presentation related to paper above], The Club, January 5, 2012, Springfield, Massachusetts.
• "Computing Is Essential To Everything We Do -- Including Education," Lombardi, Today Magazine, 3/1998.
• "The Net, the Universities, and the Market," Florida Government Technology Conference, Lombardi, September 22, 1998.
• "Not even in Cyberspace Can We Get a Free Lunch<," Lombardi, Tallahassee Democrat, October 6, 1995.
• "Killer Applications, the Net, and the Wild, Wild, West," Lombardi, Florida Government Technology Conference, Tallahassee, October 1995.
• "Teaching The Computer: A Decade of Dazzle," Lombardi, Florida Technology in Education Quarterly, 1991 and /Update (Northeast Regional Data Center, University Florida, 5-6, 1991).
• "Computer Literacy at Indiana University Bloomingon," Lombardi, 1984.
• Computer Literacy: The Basic Language and Concepts Lombardi, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983) [20mb PDF].
• Data Domain Newsletters, 1981-1982 Lombardi, ed. [Bloomington, Indiana]
  The Data Domain Newsletter, August 1981.
  The Data Domain Newsletter, September 1981.
  The Data Domain Newsletter, October 1981.
  The Data Domain Newsletter, November 1981.
  The Data Domain Newsletter, January/February 1982.
  The Data Domain Newsletter, March/April 1982.
  The Data Domain Newsletter, July/August 1982.
  The Data Domain Newsletter, September/October 1982.
   
  
• Small Computer Support Group Newsletter Lombardi, ed. [Indiana University], 1980-1982.
  Small Computer Support Group Newsletter, No. 1, November 1980.
  Small Computer Support Group Newsletter, No. 2, February 1981.
  Small Computer Support Group Newsletter, No. 3, April 1981.
  Small Computer Support Group Newsletter, No. 4, July 1981.
  Small Computer Support Group Newsletter, No. 5, December 1981.
  Small Computer Support Group Newsletter, No. 6, May 1982 (shows 1981).
  

InfoWorld Reviews: 1983-1996, Lombardi
[Most items exist in scanned form and with a link to the Google Books location]

• 1983-11-21
  Blue Word Processor (IBM PC) [Google Books]
• 1983-xx-xx
  * Magic Wand (Applesoft, Apple II)
• 1983-xx-xx
  * Magic Spells (Applesoft, Apple II)
• 1983-xx-xx
  * Spell-It (Applesoft, Apple II)
• 1983-xx-xx
  * Word Juggler IIe and Lexicheck IIe (Applesoft, Apple IIe)
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• 1983-03-07
  Busywork: programmers' programs and routines (Applesoft, Apple II) [Google Books]
• 1983-03-07
  Moptown: Educational game from Advanced Learning Technology [Report Card Reprint] [Google Books]
• 1983-03-07
  Moptown's moppets teach kids logical reasoning (Applesoft, Apple II)[Google Books]
• 1983-05-16
  Power Tools II, utilities to enhance Applesoft (Apple II/II+)[Google Books]
• 1983-09-12
  Sentence Combining courseware from Milliken (with Judy Lucas) (Apple II/II+/IIe w/ Applesoft) [Google Books]
• 1983-09-26
  VolksWriter word processing for the IBM PC (IBM PC DOS 1.1) [Google Books]
• 1983-09-05
  VISI\Bridge/Sort (IBM PC) [Google Books]
• 1983-11-14
  QuadLink (Apple II+ compatible plug-in board for IBM PC)[Google Books]
• 1984-xx-xx
  * Quadlink: A Followup Review (IBM PC, DOS 2.0)
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• 1984-03-12
  VisiOn: Applications Manager (IBM PC, DOS 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1984-03-26
  Magic Window II (Word processors for Apple II/II+) [Google Books]
• 1984-04-16
  VolksWriter Deluxe (IBM PC, DOS 1.1, 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1984-05-21
  Metafile: A database system and word-processing module in one program (IBM PC, XT DOS 1.1,2.0) [Google Books]
• 1984-05-28
  PFS:Access, An MS-DOS Communicatiions Package (IBM PC, PCjr) [Google Books]
• 1984-07-30
  Desq, A complex integrating package from Quarterdeck Office Systems (IBM PC, XT, DOS 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1984-07-xx
  VisiOn Applications Manager for high-end use (IBM PC DOS 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1984-07-xx
  VolksWriter Deluxe: Similar to original, but improved (IBM PC DOS 1.1, 2.0)[InfoWorld in Review, not in Google Books]
• 1984-11-12
  Kaypro 2X: A return to the philosophy of utilitarian computing (Z80A, CP/M, portable computer) [Google Books]
• 1984-11-19
  Kaypro Letter-Quality Printer: No work-horse, this one is built for economy (Kaypro/Juki 6100, Centronics Parallel) [Google Books]
• 1985-05-13
  Paperback Disappoints: Executive Writer could be good with some work; Paperback Writer is not worth buying at any price (IBM PC, XT, PCjr, AT, DOS 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1985-06-06
  Kaypro Comes Close with the 286i: This clone is as near to the PC AT as can be, but terrible manuals, support should make you wary (80286 PC Clone) [Google Books]
• 1985-07-08
  Not the Right Combination: Wang's Office Assistant tries to join dedicated word processing, other applications, with average results (dedicated personal computer, 80186, Wang proprietary operating system) [Google Books]
• 1985-07-15
  Compaq Strikes Again With Classy Clone: DeskPro 286 is IBM PC AT compatible and even faster than Big Blue's baby (Personal computer, 80286, DOS 3.0) [Google Books]
• 1985-09-09
  Epson Offers the QX 16: A Sophisticated Microcomputer (Personal computer with Z80A and 8088, CP/M-80, MS-DOS 2.11, TPM-III operating systems) [Google Books]
• 1985-09-23
  Volkswriter's Revision Sports Better Manual, Improved Speed [Short Review](Volkswriter Deluxe 2.2, IBM PC) [Google Books]
• 1985-11-11
  TI Offers Expensive, Excellent AT Clone (TI and IBM AT compatibility) [Google Books]
• 1985-12-23
  VolksWriter 3 'in the running' with the best on the market (Version 1.0, IBM PC, AT, XT, 3270 PC, MS DOS 2.0, 3.0) [Google Books]
• 1986-07-07
  Library for Word Perfect is also good for others (IBM PC, DOS 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1986-02-10
  Epson's Equity I: inexpensive clone (IBM PC compatible personal computer, MS-DOS 2.11) [Google Books]
• 1986-02-24
  Word Processing and the Office, Selecting the Right Package: Top Packages Differ on Important Features (Multimate Advantage 3.60, Officewriter 4.0, Displaywrite 3-1.0, Word Perfect 4.1, Wordstar 2000 Plus 2.0, Samna Word III-3.0, Volkswriter 3, Microsoft Word 2.0, Wordstar 3.31) [Google Books]
• 1986-05-07
  WordStar 2000 Upgrades Speed, but for Hard Disk Customers Only (Wordstar 2000 Release 2) [Google Books]
• 1986-04-21
  Compaq Line Gains Addition (Compaq Portable II, IBM PC Clone, 80286, 10MB HD) [Google Books]
• 1986-04-21
  Wang-Style PC Program for Office Improved (Office Writer 4.0, IBM PC, XT, AT MS-DOS 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1986-05-05
  Displaywrite Can't Match the Others in Its Class (Displaywrite 3, DOS 2.0,3.0) [Google Books]
• 1986-06-02
  Faster, Feature-Rich Microsoft Word 3.0 (IBM PC and compatibles) [Google Books]
• 1986-06-09
  Equity III Competes as A Low-Price Clone (IBM PC Clone, 80286, MS-DOS 3.1) [Google Books
• 1986-07-26
  The Able-1 Integrated Program Has Problems (Able-1 version 3.0, Database, spreadsheet, communications, word processing, MS-DOS 3.0) [Google Books]
• 1986-08-04
  Samna Competive in 'Check List Wars' (Samna Word III 3.0, MS-DOS 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1986-08-25
  Micropro's Easy Extra: Ease of Use Best Feature (Version 1.5, word processing and mail merge, IBM PC) [Google Books]
• 1986-09-08
  Revved Up Equity II Offers Bargain Speed (IBM XT Compatible with NEC V-30 Processor) [Google Books]
• 1986-09-29
  Easy Word Processing, What Does It Mean? (Easy Extra, PFS Professional Write, Websters New World Writer, Volkswriter 3 and Volkswriter Deluxe Plus, PCWrite 2.6/7) [Google Books]
• 1986-10-27
  PFS Professional Write: Second-Generation Program Is Quick, Simple.Update Adds Address Book Manager, Synonym Finder (Version 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1986-12-08
  Word for Word: Step-Saving Utility Converts among Six Word Processors [Google Books]
• 1986-12-15
  New World Writer: Webster's Has Solid Editing, Formatting Capabilities [Google Books]
• 1987-01-12
  VolksWriter Deluxe Plus: New Version Of Lifetree Program Has Spelling Check [Google Books]
• 1987-01-26
  OfficeWriter, Version 5.0: With Update, Word Processor Matches Its High-End Rivals [Google Books]
• 1987-02-02
  WordPerfect, Version 4.2: Heavy-Hitting Market Leader Improves a Bit With Update [Google Books]
• 1987-03-09
  DisplayWrite 4: IBM Word Processing Program Polished Up But Still Not Good [Google Books]
• 1987-07-13
  Multimate Advantage II: Word Processing Upgrade Adds Power, Features, Package Has Good List Manager but Limits File Size to 128K [Google Books]
• 1987-07-13
  Office Word Processing: The Current Crop (Displaywrite 4, Microsoft Word 3.11, Multimate Advantage II, Officewriter 5, Sammna Word IV, Word Perfect 4.2, Wordstar 2000 Plus) [Google Books]
• 1987-08-24
  Word Processing Features Chart, Errors Corrected [Google Books]
• 1987-09-14
  Samna Word IV: Word Processor Has Powerful Document Handling Features [Google Books]
• 1987-10-12
  Executive Word Processors (Dac Easy Word II, Easy Extra, Einstein Writer, PFS Professional Write, Q&A Write, Textra, Volkswriter 3, Webster's New World Writer)
[Google Books]
• 1987-10-19
  Dac Easy Word II: Word Processor Update Improves Most Features [Google Books]
• 1987-11-16
  Microsoft Word 4.0: Quantum Leap Puts Microsoft Word Out in Front, Greater Speed, Improved Interface Help Improve a Champion [Google Books]
• 1988-01-11
  Wordstar 2000 Plus, Release 3: Faster Word Processor Now Ranks Among Best [Google Books]
• 1988-03-28
  Word Processing For Professionals and Offices: InfoWorld Looks at 12 Powerful Programs (Deskworks 3.A1, Displaywrite 4, 1.0, Lotus Manuscript 1.0, MASS 11 7B, Microsoft Word 4.0, Multimate Advantage II 1.0, Office Writer 5.0, Samna Word IV 1.1, Word Perfect 4.2, Wordstar Professional 4.0, Wordstar 2000 Plus 3.0, XyWrite III Plus 3.52) [Google Books]
• 1988-05-23
  Total Word: Lifetree Improves on the Volkswriter Tradition, Powerful Word Processor Changes Name But Not Interface (Version 1.011) [Google Books]
• 1988-06-06
  ProfessionalWrite 2.0: Word Processor enhancements Useful for General Office Tasks [Google Books]
• 1988-06-20
  WordPerfect 5.0: New Word Perfect Is Once Again King of the Hill, Word Processor Has More Features, Improved Performance [Google Books]
• 1988-08-01
  Sprint 1.0: Word Provessor Is Slick, Quick, and Powerful, Borland's Chameleon-Like Product Mimics Old Favorites [Google Books]
• 1988-08-08
  Office Writer, Version 6.0: Upstart Word Processor Adds New Features, Improvements [Google Books]
• 1988-08-29
  Samna Word IV 2.0: Strong High-End Word Processing Package Improves [Google Books]
• 1988-09-26
  Executive Word Processors: InfoWorld examines 11 easy-to-use word processors for the busy executive (Dac Easy Word II version 1.0, IBM Displaywrite Assistant version 1.0, MS Windows Write version 2.1, PC Type Plus, PC Write 2.71, Professional Write version 2.00, Q&A Write version 1.01, Textra version 5.2, Volkswriter Deluxe Plus version 1.0, Webster's New World Writer II version 1.0, Word Perfect Executive version 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1988-10-03
  Wordstar Professional 5.0: Classic Word Processing Program Still Fighting, Update Challenges Rivals While Maintaining Original Interface [Google Books]
• 1988-11-14
  Total Word 1.2 Adds Speed, Other Features, New version enhances speed and fixes bugs in its thesaurus and spelling checker [Google Books]
• 1988-11-14
  Wintext 1.0 (Short Look) [Google Books]
• 1989-01-23
  InfoWorld Evaluates 14 office/professional word processors: Heavy Duty Word Processing (Displaywrite 4 versions 1.0, Lotus Manuscript version 2.0, Microsoft Word version 4.0, Multimate Advantage II version 1.0, Nota Bene version 3.0, Office Writer version 6.0, PC Write version 3.02, Samna Word IV version 2.02, Sprint version 1.0, Total Word version 1.2, Word Perfect version 5.0, Wordstar Professional 5.0, Wordstar 2000 Plus release 3.0, Xywrite III plus With A La Carte Menus version 3.54) [Google Books]
• 1989-02-13
  Windows-Based Samna Ami Takes WYSIWYG Approach, Executive word processor especially useful for people who need reasonably fancy formatting (Version 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1989-04-10
  Zedit (Impressions)
[Google Books]
• 1989-05-01
  Beyond Word Writer 1.1 Is a Commpetitive Executive WP, A sleeper perched at the top of exeutive word processing, it is effective and easy to use [Google Books]
• 1989-05-22
  W.P. Kingsfield (Word Perfect pop-up template) [Google Books]
• 1989-06-12
  Word Processing and Desktop Publishing: Two Worlds Meet
• 1989-06-19
  Microsoft's Word 5.0 Pulls Ahead in War of Features, Offering an array of editing tools, it also handles complex document assembly, network support [Google Books]
• 1989-07-03
  WordStar 5.5: Grand Old Man Gets a New Hat and Cane, This update of a classic adds enhancements while maintaining its traditioinal user interface [Google Books]
• 1989-08-07
  Product Comparison: Executive Word Processing, InfoWorld evaluates seven applications that are fast, easy to learn and use, and optimized for all those chief-executive memos and correspondence (Ami Version 1.00A, Beyond Word Writer Version 1.1, Microsoft Windoes Write, Version 2.1, Professional Write Version 2.1, Q&A Write, Version 1.01, Volkdwriter 4 Version 1.02, Word Perfect Exeutive Version 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1989-09-18
  Windows Spell from Palantier Does Checkups on Excel, Write Users (Impressions, Version 2.5) [Google Books][
• 1989-10-30
  Displaywrite 4 Emerges With Welcome Enhancements, However, it still falls far short of word processors such as Microsoft Word and Word Perfect (Version 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1989-12-04
  Ami Professional 1.1 Begins New Era in Word Processing, This Windows-based word processor offers a cornucopia of features, easy-to-use interface [Google Books]
• 1990-01-15
  Welcome Microsoft Word in A New Version for Windows, This dazzling graphical word processor will be a top-notch competitor for Ami, Word Perfect (Version 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1990-01-29
  Product Comparison: Treasures Abound, The High-End Word Processors Get More Graphical and Sport Even More Features (Ami Professional Version 1.1, Describe Word Publisher Version 1, Displaywrite 4 Version 2, Legend Version 2.01, Lotus Manuscript Version 2.1, Microsoft Word Version 5.0, Multimate Version 4.0, Office Writer Version 6.1, Word for Windows Version 1.0, Word Perfect Version 5.1, Wordstar Version 5.5) [Google Books]
• 1990-04-23
  Update to Wordstar Will Find a Home With Touch-Typists, Version 6.0 has improved paragraph style function, superb page preview, strong printer support [Google Books]
• 1990-06-18
  Word for Word vs. Software Bridge: A Conversion Contest (Word Processing file conversion) [Google Books]
• 1990-08-13
  Product Comparison: Making a Splash, InfoWorld judges the perfomrance of six graphical word processors from three platforms (Ami Professional 1.2, Word for Windoes 1.0, Describe 1.1, Word Perfect 5.1 for DOS) [Google Books]
• 1990-08-27
  WordStar 2000 Is Finally a Strong, Competent Product: Version 3.5 performs well as an editing tool, although it still lacks many graphics functions [Google Books]
• 1990-09-17
  Professional Write Brings More Devices, Features: Version 2.2 includes better font management, unique grammar checking [Google Books]
• 1990-10-29
  Word Perfect's Little Sibling Is a Useful Word Processor: Letter Perfect is a fast, effective word processor for executives, laptop PC users, and students (Version 1.0) [Google Earth]
• 1990-11-12
  Volkswriter's Total Word Is Better but Not Good Enough: Update's features are limited and fall short of other high-end office/professional word processors (Version 1.3) [Google Books]
• 1990-11-19
  From Legend to Legacy, NBI Challenges Ami Pro, Word: This improved Windoes word processor helps you to produce elegant, complex documents (Legacy Version 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1991-01-07
  Product Comparison: Professional Word Processors. Windows illuminates new features but traditional programs stay competitive (Ami Professional 1.2B, Displaywrite 5 Modification 01, Legacy 1.1, Multimate 4.0, Microsoft Word 5.5, Microsoft Word for Windoes 1.1, Word Perfect 5.1, Wordstar 6.0) [Google Books]
• 1991-05-13
  ProfessionalWrite Plus Loads on High-End Features: Extensive graphics features and file formats make this a near-professional word processor (Version 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1991-06-24
  WordPerfect Takes a Powerful Next Step: WordPerfect's professional word processor may bring the Next system into the mainstream (Version 1.0, requires 2.0 Next Operating system) [Google Books]
• 1991-07-08
  JustWrite Takes on Professional Write Plus: Symantec's latest entrant in executive word processor arena is graceful, easy to use (Version 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1991-10-14
  Lotus leads word processing revolution: Ami Pro, Version 2.0 poses challenge to Word for Windows and WordPerfect for Windows [Google Books]
• 1991-10-28
  Product Comparison. Grammar Checkers: Keep your writing in line.InfoWorld examines six grammar checkers for DOS and Windows to keep your writing up to par (DOS products
  Correct Grammar for DOS 3.0, Grammatik IV 2.0, PowerEdit 1.1, RightWriter 4.0; Windows Products
  Correct Grammar for Windows 1.0, Grammatik Windows 2.0) [Google Books]
• 1991-10-28
  The Writer's Toolkit: more than just your average grammar checker (Sidebar to Grammar Checkers Product Comparison) [Google Books]
• 1991-11-18
  WordStar for Windows departs from its past. Program is fully Windows-compliant and features desktop publishing capabilities (Version 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1991-12-16
  WordPerfect, Word battle; users win. Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 defines the state of the art in Windows word processing; WordPerfect successfully ports its market-leading DOS product, but adds a few new features (Word for Windows 2.0, WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows) [Google Books]
• 1992-02-10
  Windows Word Processors: InfoWorld tests the tools and features in six of the high-end graphical products (Ami Pro 2.0, DeScribe 3.0, Legacy 2.0, Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0, WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows, WordStar 1.0) [Google Books]
• 1992-05-25
  Test Drive, Windows Word Processor: Midrange CA-Textor shines at mail merge, Lacks spreadsheet, macro language (Version 6.0) [Google Books]
• 1992-08-31
  WordStar for Windows excels at frame-based tasks. Word processor is less suited to complex editing, long documents (Version 1.5) [Google Books]
• 1992-09-07
  Test Drive: Word Processing Software. Quicksoft's PC-Write 4.0 polishes basic tools [Google Books]
• 1992-09-28
  Ami Pro 3.0: leader in word processor race. Updated Windows package earns points for drag-and-drop editing, flexible formatting [Google Books]
• 1993-03-15
  WordPerfect Windows 5.2 adds features. Improved tools include drag-and-drop editor, grammar checker, and file finder/indexer [Google Books]
• 1993-08-09
  DOS word processing is revived. Robust WordPerfect 6.0 is as good as high-end Windows packages (Version 6.0 for DOS) [Google Books]
• 1994-02-07
  Product Comparison: War of the Words. Armed with ever-expanding features, the three superpowers of Windows word processing-Ami Pro, Word, and WordPerfect fight for word domination (Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0, Ami Pro for Windows 3.01, WordPerfect for Windows 6.0) [Google Books]
• 1994-05-30
  Test Drive, Word Processors: WordPerfect enhances both the old and the new. Versions 5.1, 6.0 get minor upgrades (includes version 6.0a) [Google Books]
• 1994-11-14
  First Looks, Word Processing. WordPerfect 6.1 heats up Windows war of words. Potential is there to be No. 1 [Google Books]
• 1995-01-30
  WordPerfect 6.1 battles for best of breed. WordPerfecgt 6.1 and Word for Windows 6.0 now neck and neck in word processor race [Google Books]
• 1995-07-10
  First Looks, Word Processing: Lotus' WordPro: Ami reborn as groupware. Lotus Development Corp's Ami Pro, a modest but likable product, fought a losing battle against the titans of word processing: Novell Inc.'s WordPerfect and Microsoft Corp.'s Word (Beta version) [Google Books]
• 1995-08-14
  First Looks, Windows 95 word processor and spreadsheet, Word for Windows 95: For many users, the most popular application in Microsoft Corp's Office 95 is Word for Windows 95 (Beta version) [Google Books]
• 1996-01-06
  WordPro excels at 'team' work (Word Pro 96 edition for Windows 95) [Google Books]
• 1996-09-30
  Office 97's Word, Excel keep their top spots, add Web applications: Word boosts graphics tables (Microsoft Word 97, beta) [Google Books]

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• "Universities Should Admit that Athletes Aren't Amateurs," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed 10/31/2014.
• "Universities Should Ceate a Sports Performance Degree for Athletes," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 4/3/ 2014.
• Coursera and the NCAA, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 06/02/2013.
• "A Fix for the Big-Time College Football Mess (essay)," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, October 17, 2013.
• "Comparing Universities' Sports Subsidies to Library Spending," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, June 1, 2012.
• "Academic Performance and the BCS," Lombardi, Capaldi, and Abbey, Inside Higher Ed, 09/29/2011.
• "College Sports and Our Winter of Discontent," Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 09/21/2011.
• The Amateur Challenge of College Sports, Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 08/10/2008.
• "Finding the Best: The College Football Championship in America," Lombardi, Reality Check Blog, Inside Higher Ed, 12/09/2007.
• "The Amateur Challenge of College Sports," Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 08/10/2008.
• "Taxing the Sports Factory," Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 10/01/2007.
• "Recruiting Student-Athletes," Reality Check Blog, Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 08/08/2007.
• "The Benefit of Many Winners," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, reprinted The NCAA News, 2/26/07.
• Too Much Money? Sports and the Budget," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 10/11/2005.
• "Preserving the Audience: The NCAA and the APR," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 3/14/2005.
• "The Enemy Is Us: Cost Reduction in College Sports," Lombardi, Inside Higher Ed, 1/31/2005.
• "The Sports Imperative in America's Research Universities," Lombardi, Capaldi, Reeves, Craig, Gater, Rivers, The Top American Research Universities, 2003.
• "Sports Medicine," Lombardi, AGB Reports, 1992.

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• "Foreward", Lombardi, Rómulo Betancourt: His Historical Personality and the Genesis of Modern Democracy in Venezuela, Germán Carrera Damas, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2021.
• "Epilogue: History and Our Heroes--The Bolívar Legend" and "Beginning to Read about Bolívar", Lombardi, in Simón Bolívar: Essays on the Life and Legacy of the Liberator, eds. David Bushnell and Lester D. Langley, 2008.
• "Introduction: Columbus and the Encounter" and "Introduction: The New Nation", Lombardi, in The Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress, 2007.
• "Prologue: Venezuela's Permanent Dilemma," Lombardi, in Steve Ellner and Daniel Ellinger, Venezuela Politics in the Chávez Era, 2003.
• Venezuela en la época de transición, Lombardi, Caracas: Academia Nacional de la Historia, El Libro Menor 228, 2002. (Includes the paper on "The Century of Transition" and a revised version of the chapter on "A City in the Midst of War," from People and Places, both listed elsewhere.) [3MB].
• "La Invención de Venezuela en el marco del sistema mundial: Transición, 1750-1850", Lombardi, [Pre-Publication, Spanish].
  "The Invention of Venezuela within the World System: The Century of Transition, 1750-1850" [English] 2002.
• "International Education--Indiana University," Lombardi, Approaches to International Education, ed. Earl L. Blackman (ACE-Macmillan, 1984).
• A Changed World: NASULGC's Commission on International Affairs and the Post-Cold-War Era, Lombardi, 1992.
• Simón Bolívar: el sueño de una América unida, Lombardi, USIA, 1983.
• "The Pedro Grases Library," Lombardi, Latin American Research Review, (12:2,1977).
• Venezuelan History: A Comprehensive Working Bibliography, Lombardi, et al. (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1977).
• Parishes of the Bishopric of Caracas, 1771-1838, Lombardi, ,1976.
• A City in the Midst of War: A Case Study of San Carlos de Austria, 1781-1824, Lombardi, 1976 [also published in Spanish in Lombardi, Venezuela en la época de transición. Traducción Judith Bermúdez/Germán Carrera Damas (Caracas: Academia Nacional de la Historia, 2002).
• People and Places in Colonial Venezuela, Lombardi, 1976 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press).
• Microfilm on the Abolition of Slavery in Venezuela, Lombardi, 1976.
• "Formation, Structure, and Dynamics of a Primate City: The Case of Caracas, 1560-1960," A Research Note in the Latin American Research Review, 2-10 (Summer 1975), Lombardi, with German Carrera Damas, pp. 135-138.
• "The First Venezuelan Coffee Cycle," Agricultural History, November 1970, Lombardi, with James A. Hanson.
• "Manumission, Manumisos, and Aprendizaje in Republican Venezuela," Lombardi, Hispanic American Historical Review, XLXI, November 1969.
• The Political Ideology of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier: Propagandist for Independence Lombardi, (Cuernavaca, Mexico: SONDEOS, Centro Intercultural de Documentación, 1968). [4MB].
• "Los esclavos en la legislación republicana de Venezuela," Lombardi, Boletin Histórico, Fundación John Boulton, XIII, Caracas, January 1967.
• "Fray Servando Teresa de Mier y el congreso mexicano constituyente," Lombardi, Armas y Letras: Revista de la Universidad de Nuevo León, Mexico, December 1964.
• "Mexico and the MLN," Lombardi, Claremont Quarterly, Summer 1963.

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• Paul Kostecki, 1950-2021.
• Arthur M. Cohen, 1927-2020.
• Roger A. Kaufman, 1932-2020.
• John A. Armstrong, "MANY DOORS: Reflections on my scientific career," 2020.
• Mary Luciana Lombardi, 1940-2020.
• Elizabeth D. Capaldi Phillips, 1945-2017.
• Lewis M. Schott, 1922-2017.
• Gene Isenberg, 1929-2014.
• Denis Sinor, 1916-2011.
• Paul Robell and the Robell Principles, 2010.
• Søren Bisgaard, 1951-2009.
• The Jay I Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress, Columbus and the Encounter, 2007.
• Introduction of Dr. John F. Schwaller, 15th President, SUNY Potsdam, 2007.
• Norma Jean Anderson, 1932-2006.
• Pedro Grases, 1909-2004. The Pedro Grases Library, 1977.
• Stephen C. O'Connell, 1916-2001.
• Herman B Wells, 1902-2000.
• Congressional Tribute to Dr. John V. Lombardi, University of Florida President, 11/1/1999.
• Louis J. Atkins, 1920-1997.
• J. Wayne Reitz, 1908-1993.
• Manuel Pérez Vila, 1922-1991.
• John Lombardi and the Written Word, 1904-1989.
• Richard N. Farmer--We Called It Farmer's Garage, 1928-1987.
• Carlos Felice Cardot, 1913-1986.
• James R. Scobie, 1929-1981.
• Hubert Herring, 1889-1967.