The primary purpose of "National CrossTalk" is to stimulate informed discussion and debate of higher education issues. This issue contains the following articles: (1) The Celtic Tiger: Ireland Invests Heavily in Higher Education, and Benefits Mightily (Jon Marcus); (2) Western Classic: Nevada's James Rogers Is a Non-Traditional Chancellor with a Shoot-from-the-Hip Style (Kathy Witkowsky); (3) Editorial (Patrick M. Callan); (4) Is It a Shell Game? Colorado's Controversial New Way of Handing out Its Higher Education Money (Susan C. Thomson); and (5) "Shared Responsibility": Oregon's Governor Supports a New Model for Financing Public Higher Education (Kay Mills). Other Voices, a regular feature, contains the following articles: (1) Diversity Hypocrisy: The Myriad, and Often Perverse, Implications of Admissions Policies (David L. Kirp); (2) Who Needs It? Identifying the Proportion of Students Who Require Postsecondary Remedial Education Is Virtually Impossible (Michael Kirst); and (3) The New Accountability: The Potential of Performance Compacts in Higher Education (William Zumeta).