Precipice or Crossroads?: Where America's Great Public Universities Stand and Where They Are Going Midway through Their Second Century

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Precipice or Crossroads? Where America’s Great Public Universities Stand and Where They Are Going Midway through Their Second Century Edited by Daniel Mark Fogel & Elizabeth Malson-Huddle Photograph of Morrill Hall at cornell University, ithaca, New York taken by deborah schmidle. Published by state University of New York Press, albany© 2012 state University of New York all rights reserved Printed in the United states of america No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact state University of New York Press, albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by ryan Morris Marketing by anne M. Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Precipice or crossroads? : where america’s great public universities stand and where they are going midway through their second century / edited by daniel Mark Fogel and elizabeth Malson-Huddle. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. isBN 978-1-4384-4492-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) isBN 978-1-4384-4493-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. state universities and colleges—United states—History. 2. education, Higher—United states—History . i. Fogel, daniel Mark, 1948– ii. Malson-Huddle, elizabeth. LB2329.5.P74 2012 378'.053—dc23 2012003677 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To colleagues—faculty, staff, and administration— at Louisiana state University and the University of Vermont still fighting the good fight ...