Fulfilling the Promise: Virginia Commonwealth University and the City of Richmond, 1968-2009

by Eugene P. Trani and John T Kneebone

Book Overview

Founded in Richmond in 1968, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) began with a mission to build a university to serve a city emerging from the era of urban crisis--desegregation, white flight, political conflict, and economic decline. With the merger of the Medical College of Virginia and the Richmond Professional Institute into the single state-mandated institution of VCU, the two entities were able to embrace their mission and work together...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813944821
• ISBN13: 9780813944821
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"