ABSTRACT
For the political impact of the new breed, the new men of power, was, of all influences upon the traditional academic community, the most direct, in the long run the most shattering. The new men of power, representing as they did great wealth gained through their own acumen, were not likely to share this power with the traditional councils and committees and administrators. Hence the momentous shift in power that began to take place on the American university campus in the decade after the World War 2, and, with it, the always crucial shift in the center, the effective center, of allegiance of faculty members. As one looks back on the situation in this country, from Berkeley to Harvard, one sees that while token gestures were indeed made to faculties and faculty committees, the thrust was in the direction of direct power: power gained directly from trustees and presidents.
