Readin' + writin' for the hard-hat crowd : curriculum policy at an urban university / Susan R. Merrifield. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merrifield, Susan R., 1949-

Series:

History of schools and schooling ; v. 21.

History of schools and schooling ; vol. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English philology--Study and teaching--United States.

English philology.

Working class--Education (Higher)--United States.

Working class.

Nontraditional college students--United States.

Nontraditional college students.

Education, Urban--United States.

Education, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 139 p. )

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Readin' + Writin' for the Hard-Hat Crowd explores the history of an urban public university from its conception in 1964 to the dawn of the twenty-first century. The reader views this place in time through the lens of the evolving nature of "freshman English," an introductory curriculum that began as four semesters of Great Books. The author, herself among those once labeled "the hard-hat crowd," received an undergraduate education similar to that experienced by her contemporaries at elite private colleges. Yet, while this school, once considered a poor man's Harvard, was founded with a mission to provide academic equity, the curriculum evolved to one that responded to pressure for relevancy and practicality."--Jacket.

Contents:

To extend the Morrill Act, 1964-1965

A working class Harvard, 1965

Nothing but the future: the great books, the hard-hat crowd, and the sixties, 1965-1969

A house divided, 1970-1971

The reconstruction period or the relevancy-based curriculum, 1971-1974

Relevancy reconsidered or the honeymoon is over, 1974-1977

The competency-based curriculum, 1977-1981

Toward the twenty-first century, 1982-1990

Joint custody, 1990-2003.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph