John U. Monro : Uncommon Educator /

In 1967, John U. Monro, dean of the college at Harvard, left his twenty-year administrative career at that prestigious university for a teaching position at Miles College - an unaccredited historically Black college on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama. This unconventional move was a natural cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Capossela, Toni-Lee (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Monro, John U. > (John Usher), > 1912-2002
Monro, John U. > (John Usher), > 1912-2002.
Miles College.
Miles College > Faculty > Biography.
Éducateurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Universities and colleges > Faculty
Educators
EDUCATION > History.
EDUCATION > Comparative.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
Educators > United States > Biography.
United States
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Family Background and Childhood, 1912-1930
  • Undergraduate Years, 1930-1934
  • Interim Years and War Years, 1935-1945
  • Administrator Monro, 1946-1958
  • Dean Monro, 1958-1962
  • Moving toward Miles, 1962-1964
  • Final Years as Dean, 1964-1967
  • New Home, New Challenges, 1967-1971
  • Going It Alone, 1971-1978
  • This Looks like the Place, 1978-1984
  • Weathering Changes, 1984-1995
  • Final Postings, 1995-2002.

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