University of Connecticut

In a 50-room building that housed Connecticut's Civil War orphans, the University of Connecticut began in the fall of 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School. From this beginning comes a rich history of change that continues through the billion-dollar program known as UConn 2000. In these pages are many previously unpublished and many long-unseen images that chronicle 120 years of that transformation. Each era in the university's history has seen growth and change: the 1890s, when faculty and administration squared off in the "the war of the rebellion"; 1908 to 1928, when President Charles L. Beach changed the curriculum and fought for "the needs of the college"; the 27-year administration of Albert N. Jorgensen, which saw a small college become a major research university; the 1960s, when, under Homer Babbidge Jr., the university made great academic advances while facing the sociopolitical challenges of the times; and today, when unprecedented changes are rebuilding and enhancing Connecticut's flagship university.

Author: Mark J. Roy
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 07/10/2001
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780738508566
ISBN10: 073850856X
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH,
- Education | Schools | Levels | Higher
- Education | History