John Campbell evaluates significant new developments as well as exciting opportunities on the horizon for revitalizing the land-grant university system to more effectively and efficiently serve its various publics in a manner that is both responsive and responsible. And he issues a clarion challenge to this nation's political leaders to return to the fundamental tenets that have always undergirded the land-grant system as we fulfill the rational initiatives for higher education prescribed for the twenty-first century.Reclaiming a Lost Heritage will become a standard reference for those interested and involved in higher education in general and land-grant institutions in particular. It is especially timely today as public institutions of higher education focus on priorities and plans for the twenty-first century. Read Less