02633nam 2200589Ia 450 991046169470332120200520144314.01-280-65953-X97866136364611-61147-473-6(CKB)2670000000155053(EBL)862660(OCoLC)778339906(SSID)ssj0000614610(PQKBManifestationID)12235833(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000614610(PQKBWorkID)10604873(PQKB)10565055(MiAaPQ)EBC862660(Au-PeEL)EBL862660(CaPaEBR)ebr10552014(CaONFJC)MIL363646(EXLCZ)99267000000015505320110831d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTown and gown[electronic resource] the fight for social justice, urban rebirth, and higher education /Robert D. ParmetMadison, NJ Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Groupc20111 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61147-472-8 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; BibliographyTown 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."MinoritiesEducation (Higher)New York (State)New YorkUrban renewalNew York (State)New YorkJamaica (New York, N.Y.)Social conditionsElectronic books.MinoritiesEducation (Higher)Urban renewal378.747/243Parmet Robert D.1938-908557MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461694703321Town and gown2032063UNINA