FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Summary -- 1 Prologue -- 2 National Goals and Assets -- 3 America's Research Universities -- 4 Threats and Weaknesses -- 5 Action -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Letter of Request from Congress -- Appendix B: Committee Biographies -- Appendix C: Work of the Committee -- Appendix D: Meeting Agendas -- Appendix E: Focus Group Sessions: Questions and Participants.