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Acres of diamonds
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Acres of diamonds
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how have Temple University presidents between 1884 and 1973 realized the Conwellian vision?
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Mantuano
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Nicole
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1981-
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Nicole Mantuano
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James
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chair
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Westbrook
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Randall
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Randall Westbrook
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internal member
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Sanon-Jules
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Lisa
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Lisa Sanon-Jules
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Education
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theses
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2011
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2011-05
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eng
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Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
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Adult education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Graduate School of Education Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Ed.D.
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by Nicole C. Mantuano
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Russell Herman Conwell was the founder and first President of Temple University. Conwell led the founding of Temple University on a dream of mining the ―Acres of Diamonds in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—making higher education accessible for working adults. His mission and vision for the college was derived entirely from his life experiences as a son of liberal Methodist farmers who, because of his parents‘ humble estate, had to work and attend school from a young age.* Temple University‘s founding was significant because the college was created to serve the needs of the surrounding community and its inhabitants. Temple is unique because it represents a bottom-up philanthropic founding whereby the voice of the student became the primary mode of creation. This research focuses on the period between 1884 and 1973 and examines how Temple University presidents Charles Ezra Beury, Robert Livingston Johnson, Millard E. Gladfelter and Paul R. Anderson each distinctly interpreted and implemented Conwell‘s vision. Furthermore, this study examines how Conwell and his four successors acknowledged and ameliorated the educational needs of Philadelphians through administrative policies and procedures.
―Acres of Diamonds: How Have Temple University Presidents Between 1884 and 1973 Realized the Conwellian Vision is significant because it contributes to four areas of academic research: The history of Temple University, the history of the development of the twentieth-century-university, the biographical history of five Temple presidents and institutional history. Temple University has yet to publish an official history. There were three attempts to write the history by Henry E. Wildes, Arthur N. Cook and J. Douglas Perry; however, each manuscript was rejected by the Board of Trustees. This study does not represent a full history of Temple, but does add to the research literature on this specific university and universities in general. This investigation also augments the biographical history of Temple Presidents Conwell, Beury, Johnson, Gladfelter and Anderson. For these reasons, this inquiry is important to the study of the history of education.
―Acres of Diamonds: How Have Temple University Presidents Between 1884 and 1973 Realized the Conwellian Vision is significant because it contributes to four areas of academic research: The history of Temple University, the history of the development of the twentieth-century-university, the biographical history of five Temple presidents and institutional history. Temple University has yet to publish an official history. There were three attempts to write the history by Henry E. Wildes, Arthur N. Cook and J. Douglas Perry; however, each manuscript was rejected by the Board of Trustees. This study does not represent a full history of Temple, but does add to the research literature on this specific university and universities in general. This investigation also augments the biographical history of Temple Presidents Conwell, Beury, Johnson, Gladfelter and Anderson. For these reasons, this inquiry is important to the study of the history of education.
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v, 189 p.
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Conwell, Russell Herman, 1843-1925--Influence
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Temple University--History
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Mantuano
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Nicole
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2011-04-08 09:38:07
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Nicole Mantuano
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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