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Catholic Higher Didactics Inwards The American South, 1830-1930

Kathryn Mary Wrightson's 2003 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Georgia, Toward a History of Catholic Higher Education inwards the American South:  Essays on Sources in addition to Context, is available for those interested inwards the history of southern colleges.  The writer identified fifty-five Catholic institutions that opened during the catamenia betwixt 1830-1930.  Ten of these are withal operating in addition to the others tended to unopen later on brief periods due to the isolation in addition to poverty of the areas served.

 Wrightson begins amongst an overview of 19th century religious life inwards the region.  The 3rd chapter provides brief historical sketches of the Catholic colleges founded inwards nine states.  The 4th in addition to 5th chapters focus respectively on the structures in addition to "souls" of Catholic colleges.  She concludes past times analyzing institutional success in addition to closure inwards a multifariousness of ways.  Wrightson equally good includes comments on the acre of available sources for data in addition to offers useful suggestions for additional research.
South Carolina Colleges That Bring Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

South Carolina Colleges That Bring Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

This tabular array below includes institutions that convey closed, merged, or changed their names.  If y'all regime annotation a ask for changing or updating information, delight notify ray01brown@gmail.com or operate out a comment below.

An index amongst links to kind out pages for other states as well as countries is available.

There is a College History Garden Facebook grouping or y'all tin persuasion and follow multiple boards on Pinterest or at that spot is a board specifically devoted to South Carolina colleges.

Thanks for your involvement as well as suggestions!

Changing Course: Reinventing Colleges, Avoiding Closure

There is a sure ebb together with current inwards the issue of articles calling for pregnant changes or highlighting the fiscal stress of pocket-size colleges or universities.  We for certain seem to hold upward inwards i of those periods where a novel article or spider web log posting seems to surface every few days.  In a recent example, Nathan Harder writing for the The American Interest predicts, "In 50 years, if non much sooner, one-half of the some 4,500 colleges together with universities at i time operating inwards the USA volition bring ceased to exist."

 I found Changing Course: Reinventing Colleges, Avoiding Closure to offering a timely together with interesting pick of instance studies together with essays edited past times Alice W. Brown together with Sandra L. Ballard.  Intended equally a wake-up call, readers tin for certain create goodness from the experiences of the diverse authors involved amongst institutions that either unopen or close closed.

The majority was published inwards 2011 equally purpose of the Jossey-Bass New Directions for Higher Education series.  Chapters include:
  1. Case Study of a College that Closed: Saint Mary's College, Alice W. Brown
  2. Bradford College: Requiem for a College, Arthur Levine
  3. A College that Reinvented Itself: The Wilson College Story, Mary-Linda Merriam Armacost
  4. Case Study of Reinvention: College of Charleston, Alice W. Brown
  5. Reinventing Black Colleges inwards Postethnic America: The Case of Knoxville College, Barbara R. Hatton
  6. Antioch College: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Celebrated History together with an Uncertain Future, Elizabeth R. Hayford
  7. Advice to Presidents of Struggling Colleges, Michael J. Puglisi

Civil Nation Of War Impacts Colleges


Michael David Cohen comments on the Civil War as well as the deport upon on colleges for the New York Times.  South Carolina College (Columbia, SC), Pennsylvania College (Gettysburg, PA), Wesleyan Female College (Macon, GA), Columbian College (D.C.), as well as Corona Female College (Corinth, MS) are mentioned.

Friendship College (Sc)

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 spider web site has been created to laurels the memory of Friendship College inwards Rock Hill, South Carolina.  The establishment was founded inwards 1891 equally Friendship Institute.  In 1906 it was chartered equally Friendship Normal together with Industrial College.  Fire destroyed the principal academic edifice inwards 1967.  Friendship College ultimately unopen inwards Dec 1981 later on a discover of years of fiscal struggles.

Participants inwards a civil rights sit-in past times viii Friendship students together with around other immature African American inwards 1961 are similar a shot known equally the Friendship Nine.
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