Educating the Urban New South

by Reed, Merl E.

• ISBN13: 9780881461480
• ISBN10: 0881461482
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-15
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

From evening school in 1913 to university status in 1969, Georgia State, an unwanted urban college, went through many dificult times. The problems included misguided recommendations from an elitist General Education Board, inadequate state funding, the Depression, opposition of the University of Georgia, a hostile board of regents, and the segregation crisis, among others. This sympathetic but critical account of GSU challenges some of the traditional interpretations of Georgia¿s educational history.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Progressive Atlanta and Georgia Tech's Downtown Evening School	p. 1
Establishing Roots	p. 9
Atlanta and the Evening School Face the Depression	p. 19
Atlanta, the Evening School and the University System of Georgia	p. 27
Whither the System Evening School?	p. 35
Georgia Politics, the New Deal, Atlanta, and the USGES	p. 45
Downsizing Degree Programs	p. 51
Prosperity and War	p. 59
Student and Faculty Activities before World War II	p. 71
Accrediting the Atlanta Center	p. 87
A Permanent Home	p. 97
Postwar Expansion	p. 107
Lost Opportunities	p. 118
Reorganization, Recession, and Financial Rescue	p. 127
Loosening the Ties	p. 135
The Final Push for Accreditation	p. 146
Searching for an Identity	p. 159
Rising Support for the Atlanta Division	p. 169
Separation	p. 177
The Problems of Independence	p. 189
The Challenge to Segregation	p. 199
Surviving during the Segregation Crisis	p. 215
Student and Faculty Activities after World War II	p. 225
Atlanta and Georgia State	p. 243
Bibliographical Essay	p. 257
Notes	p. 261
Index	p. 311
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