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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Schuman, Samuel. Old Main. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2005 (OCoLC)606385719 Online version: Schuman, Samuel. Old Main. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2005 (OCoLC)607568745 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Samuel Schuman |
| ISBN: | 0801880920 9780801880926 9780801891021 0801891027 |
| OCLC Number: | 56729787 |
| Description: | 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Go west, young man: graduation at Centenary college, 1900 -- Colleges of character: Old Main ... in Maine -- People at small colleges: basketball, rock and roll, and a Quaker college -- Colleges of community: less than positive --The integrated campus: Yav -- Blurring the boundaries: a conversation -- Small college futures: Olya -- Epilogue--small is different: a guide for the perplexed -- Appendix A: interview questions -- Appendix B: twelve colleges. |
| Responsibility: | Samuel Schuman. |
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This is not a conventional study of small colleges... In the tradition of a true liberal arts scholar, he invites thoughtful dialogue, challenges academic tradition, and persuades readers to explore alternatives. Hancock Record 2005 Interesting reading. The extensive information Schuman provides gives us a picture of contemporary American small colleges. -- Peter A. Lamal Journal of Higher Education 2006 Researchers, faculty, and administrators interested in small colleges will find suggestions for further research and discussion about the many challenges that small colleges face today. -- Lois Calian Trautvetter Review of Higher Education 2006 An important book for small-college people... Paints a rich picture of the exceptional things small colleges can do. -- Charles Blaich Academe 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 2006 Read more...
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