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Wesleyan University, 1910-1970 : academic ambition and middle-class America / David B. Potts.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Potts, David B. (David Bronson), author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Education, Humanistic--United States--History--20th century.
Education, Humanistic.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--History--20th century.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (705 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, 2015.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
List of illustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionFisher and FiduciariesOn the Road to RecognitionMembership in the Little ThreeHolding Ground in Hard TimesWar as an Agent of ChangeA New Major American University"Hazards of New FortuneAPPENDIXESOne: Presidencies, 1831 to presentTwo: Enrollments at Wesleyan, Amherst, and Williams, 1910-1990Three: Graph of Endowment Funds Per Student 1930-1990 at Wesleyan, Amherst, and WilliamsAbbreviations Used in NotesNotesIndex of First Citations Used in NotesIndex of SubjectsIndex of Persons
Contents:
Fisher and fiduciaries
On the road to recognition
Membership in the Little Three
Holding ground in hard times
War as an agent of change
"A new major American university"
Hazards of new fortune
Appendix 1: Presidencies, 1831 to present
Appendix 2: Enrollments at Wesleyan, Amherst, and Williams, 1910/90
Appendix 3: Endowment dollars per student at Wesleyan, Amherst, and Williams, 1930/90.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-8195-7520-8
OCLC:
906577255

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