Old Main: Small Colleges in Twenty-First Century America

Author:   Samuel Schuman
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:  

9780801880926


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   19 September 2005
Recommended Age:   From 17
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Samuel Schuman
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780801880926


ISBN 10:   0801880920
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   19 September 2005
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: A Lawyer from Plummer 2. Go West, Young Man: Graduation at Centenary College, 1900 3. Colleges of Character: Old Main . . . in Maine 4. People at Small Colleges: Basketball, Rock and Roll, and a Quaker College 5. Colleges of Community: Less than Positive 6. The Integrated Campus: Yav 7. Blurring the Boundaries: A Conversation 8. Small College Futures: Olya Epilogue: Small Is Different: A Guide for the Perplexed Appendix A: Interview Questions Appendix B: Twelve Colleges Notes Interview

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<p>Schuman is an ardent proponent of small colleges, and his devotion and passion are apparent in every chapter of this work. The work is also brilliantly written and thoroughly convincing. After reading this work, the reader will possess a new found appreciation for these institutions of higher education and an understanding of their vital role.--Matthew Church Education Review (01/01/2006)


Schuman is an ardent proponent of small colleges, and his devotion and passion are apparent in every chapter of this work. The work is also brilliantly written and thoroughly convincing. After reading this work, the reader will possess a new found appreciation for these institutions of higher education and an understanding of their vital role. -- Matthew Church, Education Review


<p>Schuman is an ardent proponent of small colleges, and his devotion and passion are apparent in every chapter of this work. The work is also brilliantly written and thoroughly convincing. After reading this work, the reader will possess a new found appreciation for these institutions of higher education and an understanding of their vital role.--Matthew Church Education Review (01/01/0001)


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Samuel Schuman is Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Minnesota, Morris. He is the author of Cyril Tourneur: A Reference Guide, The Theatre of Fine Devices: Emblems and the Emblematic in the Plays of John Webster, and Vladimir Nabokov: A Reference Guide.

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