| Preface | |
| Contributors | |
| The University and Its Critics | 3 |
| On the Accountability of Higher Education in the United States | 15 |
| University Presidents - Then and Now | 65 |
| On the History of Giants | 101 |
| A Neglected Topic: Professional Conduct of College and University Teachers | 119 |
| How Can Universities Teach Professional Ethics? | 157 |
| Unity or Fragmentation, Convergence or Diversity: The Academic Profession in Comparative Perspective in the Era of Mass Higher Education | 173 |
| A Time for Audacity: What the Past Has to Teach the Present about Science and the Federal Government | 199 |
| New Policies for New Times | 241 |
| On the Future of America's Scientific Enterprise | 251 |
| Index | 259 |