Suny at Sixty: The Promise of the State University of New York

Clark, John B. (Editor)/ Bruce, Leslie W. (Editor)/ O'brien, Kenneth P. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1438433026 / ISBN 13: 9781438433028

Published by State Univ of New York Pr, 2010

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365 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Suny at Sixty: The Promise of the State University of New York
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438433026
• ISBN 13: 9781438433028
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.52 kilograms

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

W. Bruce Leslie is Professor of History at the College at Brockport, State University of New York. He is the author of Gentlemen and Scholars: Colleges and Community in the "Age of the University" and State University of New York at Brockport (with Mary Jo Gigliotti and Kenneth P. O'Brien). <P>Kenneth P. O'Brien is Associate Professor of History at the College at Brockport, State University of New York and President of the SUNY University Faculty Senate. He is coeditor (with Lynn Hudson Parsons) of The Home-Front War: World War II and American Society.