The Boyer Commission's work was funded by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Commission wants to express its deep gratitude to Interim President Charles E. Glassick and President Lee Shulman.We are most grateful to Robert W. Kenny, who wrote the report, and Milton Glaser, who designed it.
Our work was influenced by outstanding researchers/educators, most particularly Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, who met with the Commission on several occasions. For their advice and critiques we thank Robert Diamond, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Instructional Development at Syracuse University; Billy E. Frye, Chancellor of Emory University; Stan Katz, past president of the American Council of Learned Societies; Mary Huber, Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation; and James Lightbourne, Science Advisor to the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education.
Mary Leming, Graduate Assistant at Stony Brook University, furnished invaluable staffing for the project. Emily Thomas provided research data, and Victoria Katz and Yvette St. Jacques helped with final editing.
We also want to thank the many university officers and program directors whom we contacted for information. Their interest in the project and their help in learning about innovations on campuses were deeply appreciated.