Town and gown : the fight for social justice, urban rebirth, and higher education /

"Town and Gown is the story of the birth in the 1960s and survival through the 1970s of an inner city college, York College of the City University of New York, in Jamaica, Queens. Created as a liberal arts college to provide increased access to minority students, it was placed in a mainly minor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parmet, Robert D., 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, N.J. : Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2011.
Temas:
York College (New York, N.Y.) > History.
York College (New York, N.Y.)
Minorities > Education (Higher) > New York (State) > New York.
Urban renewal > New York (State) > New York.
Minorités > Enseignement supérieur > New York (État) > New York.
Rénovation urbaine > New York (État) > New York.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Minorities > Education (Higher)
Social conditions
Urban renewal
Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Jamaica
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Town and Gown is the story of the birth in the 1960s and survival through the 1970s of an inner city college, York College of the City University of New York, in Jamaica, Queens. Created as a liberal arts college to provide increased access to minority students, it was placed in a mainly minority neighborhood, where it received exceptionally strong support from a middle class African American community seeking access to quality higher education for its children and a business community striving to overcome the effects of 'white flight' "--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 169 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781611474732
1611474736

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