Editorial: The liberal arts college and the university

1986 ◽  
Vol 54 (10) ◽  
pp. 875-875
Author(s):  
John S. Rigden
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
The University

In the Wake of Laurence Veysey: Re-examining the Liberal Arts College

2005 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
American University ◽  
Graduate School Training ◽  
The University ◽  
School Training

In The Emergence of the American University, Laurence R. Veysey enriched our understanding of the American university at its creation in the second half of the nineteenth century. He demonstrated how this new institution drew on German approaches and valued experimental, empirical methods of knowledge. The university introduced the lecture and seminar. It valued graduate school training above all; the doctoral dissertation required that its students become creators of new knowledge, preferably by experimental methods. Veysey helped us understand the emerging American university by creating a useful ideal type.

Archives and Special Collections at the University of La Verne: Putting the Repository of a Small Liberal Arts College to Work Online

Collections ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-35
Author(s):  
Benjamin Jenkins ◽  
Keren Darancette
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
Japanese American ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Japanese American Internment ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
University Of La Verne ◽  
The University

Archives and Special Collections at the Wilson Library of the University of La Verne, located in inland southern California, offers an informative case study of descriptive practices and metadata attached to digital collections at a small liberal arts college. Since recruiting a staff specifically tasked to manage the archives, the Wilson Library has increased the number of collections available to patrons online through the creation of a digital collections Web page. Digitized, hosted collections include the papers of a faculty member from the early 20th century, photographs of early La Verne, historic local newspapers, and manuscript sources regarding Japanese American internment. Metadata fields at Wilson Library have developed to encompass a greater variety of contextual information about digitized records, improving users' ability to put the collections to use for research. Ultimately, this case study demonstrates what a library at a small university can accomplish with a dedicated staff and a clear objective, even with limited resources.

“Without Hysteria or Unnecessary Disturbance”: Desegregation at Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, 1948–1954

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles S. Padgett
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Deep South ◽  
Catholic Colleges ◽  
Massive Resistance ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
One Year ◽  
Supreme Court Rulings ◽  
The University

Spring Hill College is Alabama's oldest institution of higher learning, one year older than the University of Alabama. Founded in 1830 by Michael Portier, the Catholic bishop of Mobile, it has been run by the Jesuits since 1847. When it desegregated in September, 1954, the four-year liberal arts college claimed 1,000 students, including its evening division in downtown Mobile. The desegregation of Spring Hill College (SHC) came just before the increased Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and White Citizens Council activity which led the backlash to the Supreme Court'sBrown v. Board of Educationdecision. Although volumes have been written about resistance to desegregation in the Deep South, almost no published research exists on the peaceful desegregation of white southern colleges, which anticipated and complied with Supreme Court rulings. This essay will place SHC's unique story in the context of the desegregation of higher education in the South and of race relations in Mobile, Alabama, in the decade before massive resistance. It will examine models for desegregation of Catholic colleges before theBrowndecision and, finally, will detail SHC's desegregation as a gradual process that occurred between 1948 and 1954.

Investure, LLC, and Smith College

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Susan Chaplinsky ◽  
Robert S. Harris ◽  
Dorothy C. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Private Equity ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Smith College ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The University

Alice Handy, an investment professional with 30 years' experience as head of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, has opened a new asset management firm targeted at midsize endowments and nonprofit institutions in January 2004. Her business, Investure, LLC, offered outsourced investment services to institutions with $150 million to $1 billion in assets and access to top-performing managers at lower cost than a fund of funds (FoF). Smith College, a prestigious liberal arts college with a nearly $1 billion endowment, is interested in increasing its current allocation to private equity. Handy and her partner are preparing to meet with Smith's trustees in an attempt to win Smith College as Investure's first client. The case presents three different approaches to private equity investing: direct investment through a traditional limited partnership, investment through a FoF, or investment through Investure's outsourced model. The class discussion presents an opportunity to evaluate advantages and shortcomings of each approach, introduce key terminology, and discuss the current trends in the private equity market. Students are given the cash inflows and outflows for a representative investment in a venture capital fund of the type Handy hopes to invest in on behalf of Smith College. The main analytical task requires students to evaluate the expected gross and net returns generated by the representative investment under each of the different approaches and fee structures.This case was written for an early class in courses on entrepreneurial finance, venture capital, or private equity. It can also be used in specialized courses for fund trustees interested in alternative assets.

Marriage after Divorce

2016 ◽  
pp. 22-44
Author(s):  
Brian Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Research University ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
South Florida ◽  
University System ◽  
Library Management ◽  
The Future ◽  
Regional Campus ◽  
The University

The Jane Bancroft Cook Library is shared by New College of Florida, a small liberal arts college and the University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee (USFSM), a regional campus within a research university system. It has served both institutions since they were merged on the same campus in 1975. The institutions were formally separated in 2001, and USFSM moved to its own campus in 2006. A number of fundamental issues challenge the partnership, including longstanding cultural differences that have impeded communication and planning. Both partners have agreed to develop a new library management agreement and identify new partnerships in student services and other areas. Although the future of this shared library is still uncertain, there is reason for optimism with the possibility that the partnering institutions can set aside past differences and develop a vital shared library while unearthing new collaborations in the process.

Marriage After Divorce

2018 ◽  
pp. 906-929
Author(s):  
Brian Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Research University ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
South Florida ◽  
University System ◽  
Library Management ◽  
The Future ◽  
Regional Campus ◽  
The University

The Jane Bancroft Cook Library is shared by New College of Florida, a small liberal arts college and the University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee (USFSM), a regional campus within a research university system. It has served both institutions since they were merged on the same campus in 1975. The institutions were formally separated in 2001, and USFSM moved to its own campus in 2006. A number of fundamental issues challenge the partnership, including longstanding cultural differences that have impeded communication and planning. Both partners have agreed to develop a new library management agreement and identify new partnerships in student services and other areas. Although the future of this shared library is still uncertain, there is reason for optimism with the possibility that the partnering institutions can set aside past differences and develop a vital shared library while unearthing new collaborations in the process.

scholarly journals Presidential Address: Visions and Revisions: The View from the Presidents’ Offices of Ontario Universities Since the Second World War

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
H. Blair Neatby
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
University Presidents ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The University ◽  
Second World

Abstract Ontario universities have been transformed since the 1940s. University presidents have played a crucial role in shaping these changes. In the 1950s they defended the concept of the liberal arts college, partly because other options seemed too risky. In the 1960s the government provided the finances and the presidents, separately and jointly, responded to the diverse demands of governments, faculties, and students. By the 1970s, the institutions had adapted to expansion, to a shift in balance between teaching and research, and to an emerging provincial system without any major crises or characters. Since the 1970s the government's policy of financial constraint has dominated discussions, with related debates on accessibility and private sector research. The university presidents have not yet defined new goals which the government considers realistic.

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