
Roosevelt University
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published on 15. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-4671-1247-5 (ISBN)
Description
In 1945, faculty and students at Chicagos Central YMCA College walked out to protest admission quotas on race and religion and created one of the nations first institutions to admit all qualified students. Despite having no endowment, library, or campus, Roosevelt College attracted more than 1,000 students in its first year. The next year, it purchased Chicagos famed Auditorium Building. By 1949, enrollment topped 6,000, and the Roosevelt story captured the nations imagination. In 1954, Florence Ziegfelds Chicago Musical College merged with Roosevelt, and five years later the college became a university. As it nears its 70th anniversary, Roosevelt has six colleges, two campuses, and over 85,000 alumni, including former Chicago mayor Harold Washington. This book celebrates a pioneering institution that helped shape the history of American higher education.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4671-1247-5 (9781467112475)
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Persons
Laura Mills, university archivist at Roosevelt University, holds a master's degree in information and library studies from the University of Michigan and a bachelor's degree in history from Albion College. Lynn Y. Weiner, university historian at Roosevelt University, is also dean emerita of the College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of history. She holds a doctorate and master's degree in American studies from Boston University and a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Michigan.