A history of the College of Charleston, 1936-2008 / Nan Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, Nan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College of Charleston--History.

College of Charleston.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 289 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2011]

Summary:

Morrison taught at the College of Charleston--the country's oldest municipal college--from 1967 to 2004, and now honors the institution with an account of its modern history. The text begins with an examination of the six-year period from 1936-1945, the last years of Harrison Randolph's 48-year career as college president. The remaining ten chapters examine key issues faced by each of the presidents who led the college over the past six decades. Major themes addressed include the periodically conflicting visions of the College of Charleston as an elite liberal arts college with high standards or as a public college offering access and practical courses to all; the complex relationship between the college and the city; and the love-hate relationship between the college and the Citadel, the state-funded military college of South Carolina also located in Charleston. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The end of the Randolph era: 1936-1945

Grice and privatization: 1945-1960

The last years of the Grice regime: 1960-1965

Coppedge and crisis: 1966-1968

Stern and the state: 1968-1978

The Collins years: 1978-1985

Lightsey and growth: 1986-1992

Sanders and stability: 1992-2001

Higdon and the fourth century: 2001-2006

The Festa interim: 2006

The Benson beginning: 2007.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611170016

161117001X

OCLC:

705717029