@inbook{10.7591/j.cttq432t.18, ISBN = {9780801436536}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.cttq432t.18}, abstract = {In this chapter we will look at the immediate and short-term aftermath of the Cornell crisis. The key issue was the fate of President James A. Perkins, though other issues, such as restructuring, were also important. The most significant events took place in three broadly defined realms. First, activists used the crisis to reform Cornell or to further their own objectives. More moderate reformers pushed for democratization of departments and the establishment of a constituent assembly that would devise a governing body based on proportional representation of various campus groups. The assembly was led by professors appointed to the reorganization}, bookauthor = {Donald Alexander Downs}, booktitle = {Cornell '69: Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University}, edition = {1}, pages = {269--296}, publisher = {Cornell University Press}, title = {REFORM, REACTION, RESIGNATION}, year = {1999} }