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Book SynopsisIn their history of Cornell since 1940, Glenn C. Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick examine the institution in the context of the emergence of the modern research university. The book examines Cornell during the Cold War, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, antiapartheid protests, the ups and downs of varsity athletics, the women's movement, the...
Table of ContentsPreface: The "Cornell Idea"
Authors' Note
Part I: 1945-1963
1. Building a Research University
2. The Death of "In Loco Parentis"
3. The “Cold War” at Cornell
Part II: 1963-1977
4. The Bureaucratic University and Its Discontents
5. Race at Cornell
6. The Wars at Home
Part III: 1977-1995
7. The Rhodes Years
8. Academic Identity Politics
9. Political Engagement, Divestment, and Cornell's Two China Policy
Part IV: 1995-2015
10. A Tale of Three Presidents
11. West Campus, Suicide, and Student “Wellness”
12. Going Global
Postscript
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