02641nam 2200589Ia 450 991081929870332120240516121654.01-280-65953-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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTown and gown the fight for social justice, urban rebirth, and higher education /Robert D. Parmet1st ed.Madison, NJ Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Groupc20111 online resource (xiii, 169 pages)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 conditionsMinoritiesEducation (Higher)Urban renewal378.747/243Parmet Robert D.1938-1625941MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819298703321Town and gown3979488UNINA