John B. Clark & W. Bruce Leslie 
SUNY at Sixty [EPUB ebook] 
The Promise of the State University of New York

This is a fascinating history of the State University of New York, America’s largest comprehensive university system. As such, it incorporates community colleges, colleges of technology, university colleges, research universities, medical schools, health science centers, and includes specialized campuses in fields as diverse as optometry, ceramics, horticulture, fashion, forestry, and maritime training. Originating in a conference held in spring 2009 to mark SUNY’s 60th anniversary, the book covers the system’s origins, political landscape, varied missions, the different types of institutions, international partnerships, leadership, future directions, and more. Other state systems have been studied more closely and in depth (California, Michigan, Texas), and this book is a long overdue effort to bring New York into that conversation. Edited by a past interim chancellor of the system, and two SUNY history professors, and with a foreword by current chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, this book is essential for anyone who has a stake in public higher education in New York state, or indeed, public higher education anywhere.

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Acknowledgments



Foreword


Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher



Introduction: Taking Stock of New York’s State University after Six Decades



I. A Guided Tour through SUNY’s First Six Decades



II. Twenty-Seven Ways to Understand SUNY



1. The Empire State Creates a University



Introduction


Sanford H. Levine



I. Shared Goals, Different Politics, and Differing Outcomes: The Truman Commission and the Dewey Commission


Philo Hutcheson



II. Forging SUNY in New York’s Political Cauldron


Tod Ottman



III. The Temporary Commission Surveys Bias in Admissions


Harold S. Wechsler



2. The Building Blocks of SUNY



Introduction


Douglas R. Skopp



I. SUNY Oswego: From Recovery and Refugees to Re-Invention and Revival


Tim Nekritz



II. Rescuing the State Teachers College from History’s Scrapheap


Kenneth P. O’Brien & W. Bruce Leslie



III. “A Touch of New England in Western New York”: The Transformation of SUNY Geneseo


Wayne Mahood



IV. From Schools of Agriculture to Colleges of Technology: A Century of Evolution


Joseph Petrick



3. Varied Missions in America’s Largest “Comprehensive University”



Introduction


Christopher C. Dahl



I. The College of Environmental Science and Forestry and SUNY: A Unique Relationship


Hugh O. Canham



II. SUNY Maritime College: A History


Maryellen Keefe



III. Why a University Press Should Be and Must Be Relevant


Gary Dunham



4. Community Colleges: Emergence of an Educational Giant



Introduction


Dennis Golladay



I. A Retrospective View of the Westchester Community College Experience


Marjorie Glusker



II. The Pioneers Speak: Voices from the Early Years of the SUNY Community Colleges


Benjamin J. Weaver



5. SUNY Strides onto the National Research Stage



Introduction


John W. Kalas



I. Presidential Leadership, Change, and Community: SUNY-Buffalo from 1966 to 1981


Patricia A. Maloney



II. Documenting Research at SUNY University Centers: A Comparative Approach


Nancy Diamond



III. Better Late Than Never: Intentions, Timing, and Results in Creating SUNY Research Universities


Roger L. Geiger



6. The Best Laid Plans



Introduction


John Aubrey Douglass



I. James Bryant Conant and the Limits of Educational Planning in California and New York


Wayne J. Urban



II. Three Historical Moments: Contested Visions of the State University of New York


Henry Steck



III. An Assessment of the Recommendations of the NYS Commission on Higher Education


John B. Clark



7. “Diversity”—Demography, Culture, and Education for a Changing New York



Introduction


Pedro N. Cabán



I. Changing Demographics and Representational Dilemmas: Latinos at SUNY and CUNY Meeting the Diversity Challenge


José E. Cruz



II. Creating Educational Equity: A Brief Look at the History and Development of the SUNY EOCs and EOP


Carlos N. Medina & Jeffrey Scott



8. SUNY in and of the World



Introduction


James Ketterer



I. SUNY’s Strategic Role in International Higher Education


Karla Back



II. SUNY from an English Perspective


John Halsey



9. The View from the SUNY Tower: Two Chancellors Look Back



I. Historical Vignettes of SUNY: A Personal Sampling


Clifton R. Wharton Jr.



II. The State University of New York: Memories and Perspectives


D. Bruce Johnstone



10. Telling SUNY’s Tale: Historians Look Back and Forward



Introduction


Chris Ward



I. The State of Archives on SUNY Campuses: The Good, the Bad, and the Unaccounted


Geoffrey Williams



II. Pride and Identity: The College Histories of the SUNY Campuses


Joel T. Rosenthal



III. The Strange Career of SUNY’s History


W. Bruce Leslie



Conclusion: Some Concluding Thoughts about SUNY and the Promise of Public Higher Education in New York



Appendices



Appendix 1: Presidents and Chancellors of the State University of New York

Appendix 2: Governors of New York State in the State University of New York Era

Appendix 3: SUNY Campus List by Alphabetical Order / Institutional Sector



Bibliographies



The History of SUNY & of Higher Education in New York State

SUNY Campus Histories

Histories of State Systems of Higher Education

(except SUNY)



List of Contributors

Index