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PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-100738549304

ISBN-139780738549309

eBay Product ID (ePID)57167184

Product Key Features

Number of Pages128 Pages

Publication NameCity College of New York

LanguageEnglish

SubjectUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Higher, Organizations & Institutions

Publication Year2007

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhotography, Education, History

AuthorSydney C. Van Nort

SeriesCampus History Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight10.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-931502

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

SynopsisThe City College of New York, founded in 1847 as the Free Academy, began as an educational and political experiment. The campus provided the setting for dynamic interaction between generations of students, immigrant and native alike, with the local and global community. Many of those educated by the poor mans Harvard distinguished themselves in various fields, including the former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell, former U.S. Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter, writers Walter Mosley and Paddy Chayefsky, actors Samuel Zero Mostel and Richard Schiff, the scientist Jonas Salk, along with two Rhodes Scholars and nine Nobel laureates. These alumni and numerous others during the colleges history made their contributions to the macrocosm utilizing the skills honed within the microcosm of the schools campus. Through images from the colleges archives, The City College of New York illustrates the fascinating history of the first entirely publicly supported institution of higher education in the United States., The City College of New York, founded in 1847 as the Free Academy, began as an educational and political experiment. The campus provided the setting for dynamic interaction between generations of students, immigrant and native alike, with the local and global community. Many of those educated by the "poor man's Harvard" distinguished themselves in various fields, including the former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell, former U.S. Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter, writers Walter Mosley and Paddy Chayefsky, actors Samuel "Zero" Mostel and Richard Schiff, the scientist Jonas Salk, along with two Rhodes Scholars and nine Nobel laureates. These alumni and numerous others during the college's history made their contributions to the macrocosm utilizing the skills honed within the microcosm of the school's campus. Through images from the college's archives, The City College of New York illustrates the fascinating history of the first entirely publicly supported institution of higher education in the United States., The City College of New York, founded in 1847 as the Free Academy, began as an educational and political experiment. The campus provided the setting for dynamic interaction between generations of students, immigrant and native alike, with the local and global community. Many of those educated by the poor man’s Harvard” distinguished themselves in various fields, including the former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell, former U.S. Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter, writers Walter Mosley and Paddy Chayefsky, actors Samuel Zero” Mostel and Richard Schiff, the scientist Jonas Salk, along with two Rhodes Scholars and nine Nobel laureates. These alumni and numerous others during the college’s history made their contributions to the macrocosm utilizing the skills honed within the microcosm of the school’s campus. Through images from the college’s archives, The City College of New York illustrates the fascinating history of the first entirely publicly supported institution of higher education in the United States.

LC Classification NumberLD3818.V36 2007