Introduction: conventional assumptions and the realities of contemporary faculty life -- Changing demographics -- Breaking trail: one path to a university chancellorship / France A. Córdova -- Our experience with dual-career couple hiring at Virginia Tech / Shelli B. Fowler and Karen P. Depauw -- Access to higher education for the differently abled / Rachel A. Willis -- Partner accommodation and changing definitions of "family" / Wendy K. Wilkins and Patrick M. McConeghy -- Minority faculty at historically white institutions / Michelle R. Howard-Vital -- Ruminations of an HBCU president / Carolyn R. Mahoney -- Affirmative action, sexual harassment, and the changing legal climate / Barbara Mawhiney -- Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars : meeting faculty supply -- SREB-state doctoral scholars : program progress and promise / Ansley A. Abraham -- A model program / Bernard J. Milano -- Preparing future faculty / Jerry G. Gaff -- The phenomenon of increased postdoctoral appointments at US research universities / Jennifer Ma and Paula E. Stephan -- Expectations and needs of early-career faculty -- Early-career faculty members' expectations and experiences / Ann E. Austin -- Excerpts from interviews with early-career faculty -- Five criteria for early-career faculty success / Carroll-Ann Trotman -- What new scholars want / Cathy A. Trower -- Non-tenure-track faculty -- Contingent faculty / David W. Leslie -- University of North Carolina summary report on campus focus groups 2001 -- Late career satisfaction -- Seeking mutual benefit : late-career faculty vitality and institutional mission enhancement / Jerry Berberet -- Suggestions for helping faculty transition into retirement -- Being a quadruple threat keeps it interesting / Ronald G. Ehrenberg -- Health and retirement benefits / Robert L. Clark -- Law student, 66, sets a new bar--Raleigh, NC, News and Observer -- Leadership for a new academic environment : developing policy, creating change -- The technology revolution and the faculty generation gap / Mary Doyle -- Transforming university culture to promote innovation and entrepreneurship / Russ Lea -- The importance of internationalization at a comprehensive university / Kenneth Peacock -- Policy implications for university systems / Ellen S. Switkes -- Faculty of the future and collective bargaining / Linda L. Lamwers -- Departmental leadership and faculty careers / Gary S. Krahenbuhl -- To choose is to lead / Kermit L. Hall.