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Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Foreword | p. xiii |
Introduction: Taking Stock of New York's State University after Six Decades | p. xvi |
A Guided Tour through SUNY's First Six Decades | p. xvii |
Twenty-Seven Ways to Understand SUNY | p. xxi |
The Empire State Creates a University | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Shared Goals, Different Politics, and Differing Outcomes: The Truman Commission and the Dewey Commission | p. 3 |
Forging SUNY in New York's Political Cauldron | p. 15 |
The Temporary Commission Surveys Bias in Admissions | p. 29 |
The Building Blocks of SUNY | p. 39 |
Introduction | p. 39 |
SUNY Oswego: From Recovery and Refugees to Re-Invention and Revival | p. 41 |
Rescuing the State Teachers College from History's Scrapheap | p. 54 |
“A Touch of New England in Western New York”: The Transformation of SUNY Geneseo | p. 63 |
From Schools of Agriculture to Colleges of Technology: A Century of Evolution | p. 77 |
Varied Missions in America's Largest “Comprehensive University” | p. 88 |
Introduction | p. 88 |
The College of Environmental Science and Forestry and SUNY: A Unique Relationship | p. 90 |
SUNY Maritime College: A History | p. 98 |
Why a University Press Should Be and Must Be and Relevant | p. 109 |
Community Colleges: Emergence of an Educational Giant | p. 114 |
Introduction | p. 114 |
A Retrospective View of the Westchester Community College Experience | p. 116 |
The Pioneers Speak: Voices from the Early Years of the SUNY Community Colleges | p. 128 |
SUNY Strides onto the National Research Stage | p. 141 |
Introduction | p. 141 |
Presidential Leadership, Change, and Community: SUNY Buffalo from 1966 to 1981 | p. 144 |
Documenting Research at SUNY University Centers: A Comparative Approach | p. 159 |
Better Late Than Never: Intentions, Timing, and Results in Creating SUNY Research Universities | p. 171 |
The Best Laid Plans | p. 184 |
Introduction | p. 184 |
James Bryant Conant and the Limits of Educational Planning in California and New York | p. 190 |
Three Historical Moments: Contested Visions of the State University of New York | p. 199 |
An Assessment of the Recommendations of the NYS Commission on Higher Education | p. 213 |
“Diversity”—Demography, Culture, and Education for a Changing New York | p. 225 |
Introduction | p. 225 |
Changing Demographics and Representational Dilemmas: Latinos at SUNY and CUNY Meeting the Diversity Challenge | p. 228 |
Creating Educational Equity: A Brief Look at the History and Development of the SUNY EOCs and EOP | p. 243 |
SUNY in and of the World | p. 255 |
Introduction | p. 255 |
SUNY's Strategic Role in International Higher Education | p. 256 |
SUNY from an English Perspective | p. 268 |
The View from the SUNY Tower: Two Chancellors Look Back | p. 281 |
Historical Vignettes of SUNY: A Personal Sampling | p. 281 |
The State University of New York: Memories and Perspectives | p. 290 |
Telling SUNY's Tale: Historians Look Back and Forward | p. 298 |
Introduction | p. 298 |
The State of Archives on SUNY Campuses: The Good, the Bad, and the Unaccounted | p. 300 |
Pride and Identity: The College Histories of the SUNY Campuses | p. 309 |
The Strange Career of SUNY's History | p. 314 |
Conclusion: Some Concluding Thoughts about SUNY and the Promise of Public Higher Education in New York | p. 321 |
Appendices | p. 326 |
Presidents and Chancellors of the State University of New York | p. 326 |
Governors of New York State in the State University of New York Era | p. 327 |
SUNY Campus List by Alphabetical Order/Institutional Sector | p. 327 |
Bibliographies | p. 330 |
The History of SUNY & of Higher Education in New York State | p. 330 |
SUNY Campus Histories | p. 332 |
Histories of State Systems of Higher Education (except SUNY) | p. 340 |
List of Contributors | p. 342 |
Index | p. 357 |
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