THE BIRTH OF A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

The Hard Birth of a Research University

The U. of California overcame tight budgets, skepticism, and a tiny shrimp to create its 10th campus

By SARA HEBEL

Merced, Calif.

Dozens of high-school students huddle at the edge of a parking lot, peering past grazing cattle and across rolling grasslands toward a crane that looms over...

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