This collection of essays from the 1999 Annual Accreditation and Quality Assurance Conference includes: "Wanted: President for the New Millennium" (Stephen Joel Trachtenberg); "Medium and Message: Passion, Values, and Quality in the New Academy" (John Daniel); "The 100th Anniversary of the College Board" (Nicholas Murray Butler, Joseph Hankin, and Gaston Caperton); "As We Internationalize Undergraduate Education, Have We Forgotten Student Learning?" (Andrea Leskes, Tori Haring-Smith, and Richard I. Resch); "Collaborating To Cross Boundaries: University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury State University" (Eucharia Nnadi, Don Cathcart, Phillip Creighton, and Harold Jopp); "K-16 Collaboration for Teacher Training: Two Models" (Lawrence S. Finkel, Susan Baum, Stephanie Squires, Orlando J. George, Jr., Ileana Smith, and Charles M. Poplos, III); "Institutional Portfolios for Quality Assurance and Accreditation: The Urban Universities Portfolio Project" (Barbara L. Cambridge, Sharon Hamilton, and Susan Kahn); "Successful Transition between Public Schools and Community Colleges in Maryland" (Michelle S. Appel, Gayle M. Fink, and Ruth S. Garies); "College, Corporate, and Community Partnerships" (Jacqueline R. Lakah, Patricia Stanley, and Karen Wiley Sandler); "Accountability and Assessment: Developments in Maryland" (Patricia S. Florestano); "Emerging Issues in the Expansion of Continuing Education Programs" (Stephen M. Curtis); "Distance Learning: Lessons Learned and Lessons To Be Forgotten" (Artin H. Arslanian); and "The Review of 'Characteristics of Excellence'." (Some papers contain references.) (SM)