Description:The University of Washington has matured with the Pacific Northwest and Professor Gates gives a historian's perspective to this forthright and very human story. He bases it on personal correspondence, minutes of regents' meetings, and recollections of presidents, regents, faculty members, and alumni.An understanding of the University of Washington of today is enhanced by a review of experiences during its evolution from a territorial college to a university grown large with the city. The author traces lines of educational policy development and considers curricula and institutional structure and procedures as well as citing individual achievements in administration, teaching, and research. He also discusses student activities, a wide range of scholarly and scientific investigation, and the University's responsibilities in the management of a valuable landed endowment in the heart of Seattle.Readers associated with the University and educators in other institutions of higher learning will find passages which illuminate events they have long forgotten or only partially understood. There are crises and adversities, but always the forward thrust shaping the University toward the greatness it is called upon to assume.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The First Century at the University of Washington. To get started finding The First Century at the University of Washington, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: The University of Washington has matured with the Pacific Northwest and Professor Gates gives a historian's perspective to this forthright and very human story. He bases it on personal correspondence, minutes of regents' meetings, and recollections of presidents, regents, faculty members, and alumni.An understanding of the University of Washington of today is enhanced by a review of experiences during its evolution from a territorial college to a university grown large with the city. The author traces lines of educational policy development and considers curricula and institutional structure and procedures as well as citing individual achievements in administration, teaching, and research. He also discusses student activities, a wide range of scholarly and scientific investigation, and the University's responsibilities in the management of a valuable landed endowment in the heart of Seattle.Readers associated with the University and educators in other institutions of higher learning will find passages which illuminate events they have long forgotten or only partially understood. There are crises and adversities, but always the forward thrust shaping the University toward the greatness it is called upon to assume.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The First Century at the University of Washington. To get started finding The First Century at the University of Washington, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.