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A history of Eastern Kentucky University : the school of opportunity /

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, Kentucky, celebrated its centennial in 2006. EKU has had a colorful history, from the political quandaries surrounding the inception of its predecessor institutions to its financial difficulties during the Depression to its maturing as a leading regiona...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, William E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Center of a Storm: Kentucky Presbyterians, Central University, and American Higher Education; 2. ""The Best Is Hardly Good Enough"": Founding a Normal School, 1906-1916; 3. From Normal School to Teachers College, 1916-1928; 4. The Donovan Years: Prosperity, Depression, and the Shadows of War, 1928-1941; 5. Trials of War and Peace: The O'Donnell Years, 1941-1960; 6. Robert R. Martin: ""A Vision of Greatness, "" 1960-1976; 7. J.C. Powell: The Maturing Years, 1976-1984. 
505 8 |a 8. ""To Make a Good University a Better One"": The Funderburk Years, 1985-19989. Change, Controversy, and Continuity, 1998-Present; Notes; Index. 
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