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