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1 online resource (xi, 315 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-300) and index. |
Contents |
Founding a University -- 'These Five Years' -- The New Campus -- Conflict and Challenge -- New Directions -- York Past and Present -- Appendices. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Summary |
"In 1955, a group of Toronto professionals began discussions on expanding adult education in their city. The outcome was York University, which opened in 1960 with 76 students. Today, with over 50,000 students in eleven faculties on two campuses, York is the third largest university in Canada. Faculty and staff have grown from under 20 to nearly 8,000. In "York University: The Way Must Be Tried", Michiel Horn weaves archival research and interviews into a compelling narrative, documenting the development of an institution committed to helping professors and studies reach across disciplinary boundaries. He covers the challenges York has faced through the years - from the 1963 faculty 'revolt', to the troubled search for a successor to founding president Murray Ross, to the budgetary problems that led to the resignation of President David Slater, as well as its many innovations and triumphs - including bilingualism at Glendon College, Osgoode Hall Law School's Parkdale legal clinic, and Canada's first concurrent Bachelor of Education program. The philosophies that guide the faculties of administrative studies, fine arts, and environmental studies, and the ground-breaking research done in science and engineering are explored in detail. Archival and current photographs complement Horn's narrative throughout. Prose and pictures chart the creation of an important Canadian institution whose commitment to solving real-world problems has led to important innovations in education and beyond."--Jacket. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
York University (Toronto, Ont.) -- History.
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York University (Toronto, Ont.) |
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History. |
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York University (Toronto, Ont.) |
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York University (Toronto, Ont.) -- Histoire. |
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Toronto -- York University. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Pietropaolo, Vincenzo.
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York University (Toronto, Ont.)
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9780773534162 |
ISBN |
9780773577244 (electronic book) |
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0773577246 (electronic book) |
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0773534164 |
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9780773534162 |
Standard No. |
9786612867699 |
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