UMass Rising: The University of Massachusetts Amherst at 150 - Couverture rigide

Greider, Katharine

 
9781558499898: UMass Rising: The University of Massachusetts Amherst at 150
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 155849989X ISBN 13 : 9781558499898
Editeur : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013

Synopsis

In 1863, just a year after Congress enacted the Land-Grant Colleges Act, Massachusetts Agricultural College embarked on its mission to offer instruction to the state's citizens in the "agricultural, mechanical, and military arts." The school boasted a faculty of 4 and a student body of 56. As UMass Amherst celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2013, its full-time faculty numbers nearly 1,200 and the combined undergraduate/graduate student population is close to 28,000.

The principles that undergirded Mass Aggie's founding continue to form the basis for UMass Amherst's mission of preparing young people to make their way in life by stretching boundaries in all disciplines, from the physical and social sciences to the liberal arts. UMass Rising looks at the school over the course of its first 150 years and mines that history to reveal not only how these principles have been fostered, but also the whys and whos.

The engaging text is enhanced by features on all aspects of life at this unique university. The reader encounters a cavalcade of notable people, as well as many little-known anecdotes, from the humorous to the touching. All are anchored by a gathering of contemporary and archival images, some published here for the first time.

Distributed for the University of Massachusetts Amherst by University of Massachusetts Press.

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À propos de l?auteur

Writer and cultural historian Katharine Greider's most recent book, Archaeology of Home: An Epic Set on a Thousand Square Feet of the Lower East Side, was published in 2011.

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Éditeur
University of Massachusetts Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
155849989X
ISBN 13 
9781558499898
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
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