The Struggle For Academic DemocracyOn June 20,1938, the trustees of the City Colleges of New York changed the by laws on the governance of the colleges. The transformation of New York Citys colleges from autocratic to democratic rule virtually overnight was a revolutionary event in American higher education within the context of the 1930s. Abraham Edel writes of this revolution as an active participant and as an eminent philosopher who has experienced more than a half century of