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Higher Education In The 1960'S: The Origins Of The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Diane D'Arrigo
Higher Education In The 1960'S: The Origins Of The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Diane D'Arrigo
American Studies Graduate Final Projects
On June 18, 1964, Governor Endicott Peabody signed the bill to create the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Just fifteen months later, in the fall of 1965, the University of Massachusetts Boston opened its doors for its first class of students. Joining the more than 1200 students were 75 faculty and 10 staff people. They were pioneers in creating an institution which held enormous hope and promise of serving its urban community at a time of major change in higher education, specifically and in society, generally.
Today, the University of Massachusetts Boston is one of five campuses that make up …
Turnabout Time: Public Higher Education In The Commonwealth, Richard A. Hogarty, Aundrea E. Kelley, Robert C. Wood
Turnabout Time: Public Higher Education In The Commonwealth, Richard A. Hogarty, Aundrea E. Kelley, Robert C. Wood
John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications
"Stay the course?"
"Steady as she goes" is the wrong prescription for charting the future of public higher education in the Commonwealth. A major course correction is in order if the coalition vital to the system's well-being is to hang together and be strengthened. With sharply divergent views being held by the public at large, political and business leaders, faculties and students--all groups essential to continuing educational progress--mutual accommodations and adjustments are the order of the day. Major changes in finance, institutional missions, curricula, and academic standards for faculty and students alike are imperatives.
The classic academic model that has …
The Quality Of Public Education In Boston: An Assessment And Some Recommendations, Karen Seashore Louis
The Quality Of Public Education In Boston: An Assessment And Some Recommendations, Karen Seashore Louis
Center for Survey Research Publications
Motivation, self-esteem, achievement and the development of tolerance and acceptance of others -- these are the goals that most, like Crain, et al., have come to accept as legitimate objectives of public schooling. Yet, there is substantial opinion that the public schools of Boston have been unable to achieve standards in these areas that are acceptable to the public, the students who occupy the schools, and the professionals who run them. For example, a recent survey of Boston residents' attitudes toward the schools indicates that approximately 3/4 of all respondents -- irrespective of race, or whether there were any school …