The University of Louisville
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The University of Louisville

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The University of Louisville

About this book

Dwayne Cox and William Morison trace the twists and turns of the University of Louisville's two hundred year journey from provincial academy to national powerhouse.

From the 1798 charter that established Jefferson Seminary to the 1998 opening of Papa John Stadium, Cox and Morison reveal the unique and fascinating history of the university's evolution. They discuss the early failures to establish a liberal arts college; tell the extraordinary story of the Louisville Municipal College, U of L's separate division for African Americans during the era of segregation; detail the political wrangling and budgetary struggles of the university's move from quasi-private to state-supported institution; and confront head-on the question of the university's founding date.

The history of the University of Louisville defies the stereotype of orderly and planned growth. For many years, the university was essentially a consortium of two professional schools—medicine and law. Not until the first decade of the twentieth century did the liberal arts gain a firm and permanent foothold. Because of its early emphasis on practical, professional education and the virtual autonomy of its separate units for many years, the University of Louisville is unusual in the annals of higher education.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. FOREWORD
  8. PREFACE
  9. 1. Jefferson Seminary, 1798-1829
  10. 2. "First Among the Medical Schools of the West"
  11. 3. From Frontier Academy to City College
  12. 4. The Emergence of a University
  13. 5. Civil War Travails
  14. 6. Competition, Consolidation, and Reform
  15. 7. The Late Nineteenth-Century Law School
  16. 8. The Rebirth of the Liberal Arts College
  17. 9. Campus and Academic Expansion
  18. 10. President vs. Faculty
  19. 11. Academic Respectability
  20. 12. A Dream Deferred
  21. 13. Famine, Flood, and War
  22. 14. The "Golden Age"?
  23. 15. Statehood
  24. 16. Student Unrest
  25. 17. Growing Pains
  26. 18. An Agent for Change
  27. 19. Looking Ahead, Looking Back
  28. APPENDIX ONE: Deans of the Schools and Colleges of the University of Louisville
  29. APPENDIX TWO: Louisville Municipal College Faculty Members, 1931-1951
  30. NOTES
  31. INDEX