| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 169 p.) |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Boom time -- Chapter 2. The birth of York College -- Chapter 3. Urban or suburban? -- Chapter 4. The urban option -- Chapter 5. Jamaica hello -- Chapter 6. Married to the community -- Chapter 7. Senior status -- Chapter 8. Kibbee, Carey, and CUNY -- Chapter 9. "Save our school" -- Chapter 10. Home to stay |
| Summary |
"Town and Gown is the story of the birth in the 1960s and survival through the 1970s of an inner city college, York College of the City University of New York, in Jamaica, Queens. Created as a liberal arts college to provide increased access to minority students, it was placed in a mainly minority neighborhood, where it received exceptionally strong support from a middle class African American community seeking access to quality higher education for its children and a business community striving to overcome the effects of 'white flight' "--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
York College (New York, N.Y.) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
York College (New York, N.Y.) fast |
| Subject |
Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- New York (State) -- New York
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Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Minorities -- Education (Higher)
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Social conditions
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Urban renewal
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| SUBJECT |
Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
New York (State) -- New York
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New York (State) -- New York -- Jamaica
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021680521 |
| ISBN |
9781611474732 |
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1611474736 |
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