The Program in higher education has been designated by Boston College as one of its "nationally competitive" doctoral programs and has been authorized to add one new faculty position. The Program will conduct a search for a faculty member shortly. Additional funds for student support have also been provided. Boston College's University Academic Planning Council, charged with strengthening the University for the 21st century, specifically recognized the Higher Education Program as worthy of additional support.

The Administrative Fellows Program, part of the Higher Education graduate program at Boston College, has organized a well-received series of lectures on higher education issues. This year's series is cosponsored by the J. Donald Monan, SJ Chair. The speakers include Patrick Seyon, former president of the University of Liberia, Roger Geiger of Pennsylvania State University, Julie Reuben, Kai Ming Cheng, and Richard Chait of Harvard, Lester Goodchild of the University of Denver, J. Brazziel of Spelman College, and others. Administrative Fellows are graduate students in higher education who are funded for their graduate study at Boston College and assist in various administrative offices on campus and participate in a seminar series relating their work to their academic studies.

The editorial office of the Review of Higher Education is located in the Higher Education Program at Boston College. Philip G. Altbach is editor, and Karen Arnold and Ted Youn serve as associate editors. Liz Reisberg, a doctoral student in higher education, is the managing editor. The Review is one of the central research journals in the field of higher education.

Doctoral candidate James JF Forest, the Center's technical assistant for nearly three years, has been hired as technology specialist for the National Center for Urban Partnerships. The Urban Partnerships Program is an initiative sponsored by the Ford Foundation to help urban students successfully complete baccalaureate degrees. NCUP helps create city-wide partnerships that include K-16 educators and representatives from community, corporate, and political sectors.