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Effects Of The Great Depression On Private Higher Education: Impact On Private College And University Planning, J. Michael Hostetler
Effects Of The Great Depression On Private Higher Education: Impact On Private College And University Planning, J. Michael Hostetler
Dissertations
Private higher education has suffered a loss of dominance in enrollment over the last four decades. Increases in tuition escalated making private higher education distinctly more expensive than options in the public sector. A sharp decline in the birth rate during the 1970s indicates there will be fewer high school graduates for private higher education to recruit. Some private colleges have already been forced to close, while others appear threatened by enrollment decline in the 1990s and beyond.
The Great Depression of the 1930s was a challenging period for the country and the academic community. To discover how private institutions …
A Study Of Classical And Modern Conservatism: The Political Thought Of Edmund Burke And Michale Oakeshott, David Robert Michael Melding
A Study Of Classical And Modern Conservatism: The Political Thought Of Edmund Burke And Michale Oakeshott, David Robert Michael Melding
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Oberlin Local Legend, Laura Naomi Albert
Oberlin Local Legend, Laura Naomi Albert
Honors Papers
This thesis concerns Oberlin local legend, its forms and functions. It focuses on one of the vital legends in Oberlin, the local/historic legend of the Oberlin Wellington Rescue, about the town's efforts to send a recaptured slave to freedom. The event occurred in 1858, twenty-five years after Oberlin's founding. This incident was instrumental in "putting Oberlin on the map," it helped to precipitate the abolition of the Fugitive Slave Act. The legend has been associated with the better known story of the John Brown Rebellion, a contemporary historical tale that also has Oberlin origin.
The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue has been popular …
Be Ye Friend Or Foe?: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century North Carolina Sites, Anna Lois Gray
Be Ye Friend Or Foe?: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century North Carolina Sites, Anna Lois Gray
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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The Tanner And Boundary Maintenance: Determining Ethnic Identity, William James Sheppard
The Tanner And Boundary Maintenance: Determining Ethnic Identity, William James Sheppard
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Continuity Of Sibling Relationships: A Descriptive Profile Of "Close" Vs. "Not-Close" Sibling Relationships, Donna Staab Vanderwall
Continuity Of Sibling Relationships: A Descriptive Profile Of "Close" Vs. "Not-Close" Sibling Relationships, Donna Staab Vanderwall
Theses Digitization Project
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