This volume discusses higher education reform in America and offers three lessons school leaders can use for success: don't vilify, don't play games, and come to the table with a well thought out strategy. Zemsky briefly describes his work with the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education and what their final report missed, especially about teaching and learning, and what is being said about higher education in the US from within and outside academia, and notes that reform must fall somewhere between what academics want and the necessity of the marketplace. He discusses issues such as globalization, scandals, rankings, affordability, accountability, access, quality, and technology, as well as why learning hasn't mattered. He then provides a list of things not to do, like reforming accreditation, and a list of things to do, like putting learning at the top of the agenda. Zemsky has served in planning, at the Institute for Research on Higher Education, with The Learning Alliance, and in other roles at the U. of Pennsylvania. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)