Fulfilling the Promise : Virginia Commonwealth University and the City of Richmond, 1968-2009 /

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"A definitive history of Virginia Commonwealth University, providing insight into the growth and role of urban universities writ large"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Kneebone, John T. (Author), Trani, Eugene P. (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Virginia. Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Virginia Commonwealth University > History.
Virginia > History > 21st century.
Virginia > History > 20th century.
Richmond (Va.) > History > 21st century.
Richmond (Va.) > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Tim Kaine
  • Introduction
  • The merger
  • Setting out, 1968 -1969
  • A university emerges
  • T. Edward Temple and the comprehensive university
  • Edmund Ackell and the comprehensive research university
  • The 1980s: Hard times, hard feelings, and conflicts with the neighbors
  • Playing through the rain, 1990 - 1992
  • Planning one university, 1993 - 1994
  • Building one university, 1995 - 1999
  • Virginia's university, 2000 - 2004
  • Opportunity university, 2005 - 2009
  • Epilogue: "Anchor Institution."

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