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

Contents

Contents a Note on references ix Foreword by Peter McPherson xi acknowledgments xv introduction by daniel Mark Fogel xix democracy, the West, and Land-Grant colleges by coy F. cross ii 1 The 1890 institutions in african american and american Life by carolyn r. Mahoney 17 The Modern Public University: its Land-Grant Heritage, its Land-Grant Horizon by e. Gordon Gee 51 commitments: enhancing the Public Purposes and outcomes of Public Higher education by Mark G. Yudof and caitlin callaghan 63 challenges to Viability and sustainability: Public Funding, Tuition, college costs, and affordability by david e. shulenburger 79 vii viii coNTeNTs University-Based r&d and economic development: The Morrill act and the emergence of the american research University by Michael M. crow and William B. dabars 119 From a Land-Grant to a World-Grant ideal: extending Public Higher education core Values to a Global Frame by John Hudzik and Lou anna K. simon 159 statewide University systems: Taking the Land-Grant concept to scale in the Twenty-First century by Nancy L. Zimpher and Jessica Fisher Neidl 197 creating the Future: The Promise of Public research Universities for america by James J. duderstadt 221 challenges to equilibrium: The Place of the arts and Humanities in Public research Universities by daniel Mark Fogel 241 references 259 List of contributors 283 Index 291 ...