The University of Minnesota, 1945-2000 / Stanford Lehmberg, Ann M. Pflaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehmberg, Stanford E.

Contributor:

Pflaum, Ann M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Minnesota--History--20th century.

University of Minnesota.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 pages)

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The University of Minnesota is unique for its combination of land grant mission and research focus, urban and rural campuses, the size of its student body, and the breadth of its programs, from agricultural extension through organ transplants. This history of the University's past fifty years is a narrative account of the challenges and triumphs that have faced Minnesota's premier institution of higher learning.

Contents:

The university at the end of World War II, 1945-1959

Years of growth and years of protest, 1960-1974

Planning in a time of austerity, 1974-1984

Finding focus, 1985-1997

The university at the end of the century.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-387) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8980-6

OCLC:

476095016