Full Description
This second volume in the history of Wilson College begins with a discussion of the problems generic to small private colleges in the 1960s-1970s - operating deficits, inflation, campus disturbances, fierce competition for faculty, curriculum changes, falling enrolments, and changing student bodies
Contents
The near demise of Wilson College (1970-1979); trustees decide to close Wilson College; on the eve of the trial; the trial and its aftermath; Wilson's renaissance and the continuing struggle for survival; Wilson's presidents since 1979; conclusion - the concept of a liberal arts education; appendix - the Beeman report.
