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Socialists working in education face particular problems in trying to integrate their work with their political convictions. The recent Conference on the Political Economy of Higher Education held at New York University reflected some of these tensions & contradictions. The professor-as-movement-activist model is no longer applicable, given the disappearance of movements. Professors in different academic settings often have substantially different kinds of work experience. Graduate faculty have considerable freedom to explore novel ideas; liberal arts college faculty are more constrained, & while they often see the liberal arts tradition as offering a chance to make students more critical of society, the liberal arts colleges are under economic pressure leading to erosion of such curriculum content; the community college faculty often face difficulties in teaching students from working class backgrounds who seek job advancement, especially since such students may be more aware of the work experience than are their instructors. Organizational forms are needed to help Left faculty carry out their work. W. H. Stoddard.