Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2008
Work/life benefits may be the best low-cost strategy for keeping employees satisfied, loyal, and motivated while on the job. This issue of HR Horizons explores reasons why flexibility is increasingly important to employees. Also in this issue: an interview with Beyond HR coauthor John Boudreau on how to identify your institution's pivotal talent, and a University of San Diego case study on how the institution standardized its administrative compensation program.

Volume 2, Issue 4, October 2007
Chief among the workforce challenges facing colleges and universities is where to look to fill key administrative slots left vacant by retiring baby boomers. This issue of HR Horizons explores current hiring trends and their implications for higher education. Also in this issue: the impact of GASB 45 on retirement model assumptions, results of a WorldatWork performance management survey—and how higher education institutions compare, and top HR concerns of chief business and chief HR officers.

Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2007
Institutions must prepare for a new generation of workers to help replace retiring baby boomer faculty and staff. This issue of HR Horizons explores the readiness of colleges and universities to welcome millennials into the workforce. Also in this issue: a look at pandemic readiness and an interview with Dave Ulrich, University of Michigan Ross School of Business professor, on the core competencies leaders should expect of their HR officers.

Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2007
Faculty decisions about when to retire are increasingly influenced by institution benefits, including retiree health insurance. This issue of HR Horizons highlights current faculty retirement and benefits trends, the readiness of faculty to retire, and the role institutions can play in helping to prepare all employees to save for retirement and for future medical expenses.

Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2007
A total rewards strategy articulates an institution’s overall plan for the financial and nonfinancial rewards it offers in exchange for the excellent work and commitment of faculty and staff. This issue of HR Horizons explores the process for identifying and communicating the value of what you offer. Also included is a case study of how The Johns Hopkins University revamped its staff compensation system to bring it in line with its total rewards strategy.

Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2006
Do institution leaders have a good understanding of the human resource challenges specific to their institutions? This issue of HR Horizons provides a glimpse of the state of HR in higher education and offers resources for assessing future workforce readiness.

Volume 1, Issue 1, July 2006
This inaugural issue of HR Horizons underscores the strategic importance of human resouces to chief business officers. The changing demographics of employees and students, highlighted in this issue, is one of many human resource challenges facing higher education institutions.