Sisyphus in Appalachia [electronic resource] : Pluralism vs. Parochialism in a Newly Established State University / James R. Biddle.

In the mid-1980s, a community college in a parochial Appalachian town became a state university. The new university was created at the behest of a powerful state politician despite the opposition of the faculty, administration, and board of the community college. A college of education was created a...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Biddle, James R.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992.
Subjects:	Cultural Pluralism. Culture Conflict. Educational Attitudes. Educational Development. Ethnocentrism. Higher Education. Multicultural Education. Personal Narratives. Resistance to Change. School Community Relationship. State Universities. Traditionalism.