By Autumn Walden, Editor, AACRAO Connect, Content Strategy Manager, AACRAO
The fourth and final issue of College and University’s 100th volume closed out a landmark year for our flagship journal. Released this November, the issue capped off a year-long centennial celebration, including a special tribute at the 110th AACRAO Annual Meeting in Seattle. And while we look back on a century of thought leadership, we welcome a new era. Among the year's most significant achievements was the C&U 100 Authors in 100 days initiative.
“It has been such a pleasure to celebrate the 100th anniversary this year by reconnecting with and honoring some of our long-time contributors, whose dedication and insights have helped shape the journal over the decades,” said Heather Zimar, Managing Editor at AACRAO. “At the same time, we are excited to welcome more than 100 new people to our C&U authors' community. Their participation will bring fresh perspectives and new ideas, ensuring that our next century will be just as impactful and inspiring as the last.”
While each issue in the 100th volume features special reflections from former editors and forward-looking scholarship, Zimar notes a particularly poignant contribution from Summer Issue 3: Louise Lonabocker's article remembering colleague Dick Whiteside five years after his passing and 20 years after Hurricane Katrina—an event he wrote about in the journal.
“I loved reading all of our special pieces, but Louise Lonabocker's article … was a moving tribute that honored both his legacy and the lasting impact of this work,” shared Zimar.
Beyond the printed page, C&U memorializes its historic expansion through the journal’s digital infrastructure. “We celebrated the journal's centennial in 2025 with a nearly year-long, comprehensive commemoration," added Christopher Tremblay, C&U Editor-in-Chief. “The editorial team significantly expanded C&U's digital archives by digitizing 33 additional volumes from 1925-1966, while also documenting the journal's institutional history by compiling records of all 17 editors-in-chief and 170 editorial board members who collectively served 1,016 years.”
The fall issue of the 100th volume also includes a timely book review of “Colleges on the Brink: The Case for Financial Exigency,” authored by Charles M. Ambrose and Michael T. Nietzel, and reviewed by Tiffani Robertson, AACRAO Board VP for Leadership and Management Development. Her insights reflect a deep understanding of institutional challenges and leadership decision-making—a fitting addition to the issue as the journal continues to deepen its AACRAO Review section, with recent news of a new C&U assistant editor for book reviews.
Other articles in the fall issue of C&U include:
Features
Scheduled to Stay: Reframing Course Scheduling as a Retention Strategy by Danielle Faucett
Solving Employers’ Dilemma Through Academic-STEM Industry Partnerships by Myrene Magabo, Louise Underahl, Shawishi Haynes, Mar Navarro, Maureen Marzano, Nicole Gulley, Mary Jo Brinkman, and Debra McCoy
Interview with Scot Lingrell by Stephen Schultheis
C&U 100
My Editor Role for C&U: A Brief Perspective on AACRAO’s Professional Journal 1977-2024 by Betty Huff
Looking for the Sweet Spot: AACRAO’s Search for Sustainable Professional Development by Stan Henderson
Challenges, Disastrous and Familiar: Handling the Worst Natural Disaster in the Country’s History and More Familiar Topics filled C&U 20 years ago by Jim Paterson
Technology, the Natural Environment, and Public Policy: Forces that Might Shape American Higher Education and the Work of AACRAO in 2125 by Paul Marthers
A Century of Sharing Knowledge: How We Celebrated C&U’s 100th Anniversary by Christopher W. Tremblay
Campus Viewpoint
The Student Veteran Experience in Higher Education by Lila Ojakaar and Rodney Parks
Ujima Smart Start: Early Move-In for Black Students to Enhance Retention and Enrollment in Higher Education by Latosha Traylor and Tonantzin Oseguera
Commentary
Developing Academic Collaboration in Enrollment Management by Jeff Levine
The AACRAO Review
Colleges on the Brink: The Case for Financial Exigency by Tiffani Robertson
Browse All Four Issues of Volume 100