York University : the way must be tried / Michiel Horn ; colour photography by Vincenzo Pietropaolo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horn, Michiel, 1939-

Contributor:

Pietropaolo, Vincenzo.

York University (Toronto, Ont.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

York University (Toronto, Ont.)--History.

York University (Toronto, Ont.).

Universities and colleges--Ontario--Toronto--History.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 315 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : Published for York University by McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In York University: The Way Must Be Tried, Michiel Horn weaves archival research and interviews into a compelling narrative, documenting the development of an institution committed to helping professors and studies reach across disciplinary boundaries. He covers the challenges York has faced through the years - from the 1963 faculty "revolt," to the troubled search for a successor to founding president Murray Ross, to the budgetary problems that led to the resignation of President David Slater, as well as its many innovations and triumphs - including bilingualism at Glendon College, Osgoode Hall Law School's Parkdale legal clinic, and Canada's first concurrent Bachelor of Education program. The philosophies that guide the faculties of administrative studies, fine arts, and environmental studies, and the ground-breaking research done in science and engineering are explored in detail.

Contents:

Founding a University

'These Five Years'

The New Campus

Conflict and Challenge

New Directions

York Past and Present

- Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86769-5

9786612867699

0-7735-7724-6

OCLC:

759157045