1. Building a Research University

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: The “Cornell Idea” ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Authors’ Note xvii
6. Part I. 1945–1963
7. 1. Building a Research University 3
8. 2. The Death of In Loco Parentis 47
9. 3. The Cold War at Cornell 74
10. Part II. 1963–1977
11. 4. The Bureaucratic University and Its Discontents 103
12. 5. Race at Cornell 155
13. 6. The Wars at Home 204
14. Part III. 1977–1995
15. 7. The Rhodes Years 241
16. 8. Academic Identity Politics 285
17. 9. Political Engagement, Divestment, and Cornell’s Two-China Policy 323
18. Part IV. 1995–2015
19. 10. Into the Twenty-First Century 355
20. 11. The New Normal in Student Life 409
21. 12. Going Global 449
22. Postscript 479
23. Notes 483
24. Index 515