Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Prologue; 4 2 National Goals and Assets; 5 3 America's Research Universities; 6 4 Threats and Weaknesses; 7 5 Action; 8 6 Conclusion; 9 Bibliography; 10 Appendixes; 11 Appendix A: Letter of Request from Congress; 12 Appendix B: Committee Biographies; 13 Appendix C: Work of the Committee; 14 Appendix D: Meeting Agendas; 15 Appendix E: Focus Group Sessions: Questions and Participants