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Author Kneebone, John T., author.

Title Fulfilling the promise : Virginia Commonwealth University and the city of Richmond, 1968-2009 / John T. Kneebone and Eugene P. Trani
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020
© 2020

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Contents Foreword / by Tim Kaine -- Introduction -- The merger -- Setting out, 1968 -1969 -- A university emerges -- T. Edward Temple and the comprehensive university -- Edmund Ackell and the comprehensive research university -- The 1980s: Hard times, hard feelings, and conflicts with the neighbors -- Playing through the rain, 1990 -- 1992 -- Planning one university, 1993 -- 1994 -- Building one university, 1995 -- 1999 -- Virginia's university, 2000 -- 2004 -- Opportunity university, 2005 -- 2009 -- Epilogue: "Anchor Institution."
Summary "A definitive history of Virginia Commonwealth University, providing insight into the growth and role of urban universities writ large"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2020)
Subject Virginia Commonwealth University -- History
SUBJECT Virginia Commonwealth University fast
Subject HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV).
SUBJECT Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 20th century
Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 21st century
Virginia -- History -- 20th century
Virginia -- History -- 21st century
Subject Virginia
Virginia -- Richmond
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Trani, Eugene P., author.
University of Virginia. Press.
LC no. 2020024993
ISBN 081394483X
9780813944838