41:1/ January 2003

Contents of the online version of the print edition

From the President

• Budget Cuts and History Jobs: Many Problems, No Easy Solutions
  by James M. McPherson

News

• Slight Drop in the Number of New History PhDs in 2001 but Some Good News on Employment and Diversity
  by Robert B. Townsend

AHA Activities

• Report of the AHA 2002 Nominating Committee
  by Gary R. Kates
• AHA Election, 2003: A Call for Nominations

Noteworthy

• Computer Mediated Learning Environments: How Useful Are They?
  by Orville Vernon Burton, Ian Binnington, David F. Herr, and Matthew Cheney
• Challenge from an Archivist: The National Coalition for History Needs More Historian Supporters
  by George W. Bain

Teaching

• Benchmarks for High School History: Why Even Good Textbooks and Good Standardized Tests Aren't Enough
  by David Kobrin, Sarah Faulkner, Stephanie Lai, and Laura Nally