"Higher Education Exchange" publishes case studies, analyses, news, and ideas about efforts within higher education to develop more democratic societies. Contributors to this issue of the "Higher Education Exchange" examine whether institutions of higher learning are doing anything to increase the capacity of citizens to shape their future. Contents include: (1) Foreword (Deborah Witte); (2) The Journey of a "Recovering Professional" (David W. Brown); (3) The Scholarship of Community Partner Voice (Sean Creighton); (4) Changing Public Culture: An Interview (Marguerite S. Shaffer and Lourdes Leon); (5) Partnerships for Supporting Local Health Efforts: The Link Between Rural Journalism and Public Health in One Rural Community (Laura H. Downey, Carol L. Ireson, F. Douglas Scutchfield, and Al Cross); (6) Democratic Partnerships: An Interview (Ira Harkavy); (7) "Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government" By Michael Mandelbaum (Edith Manosevitch); and (8) Afterword (David Mathews). [For "Higher Education Exchange, 2007," see ED497932.]