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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Madison, N.J. : Lanham, Md. :
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
2011
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 169 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781611474732 1611474736 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
