AMHERST COLLEGE

at Amherst, Mass.; founded 1821 as a college for men, coeducational since 1975. A liberal arts institution, Amherst maintains a cooperative program with Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Hampshire College, and the Univ. of Massachusetts.

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books on: Amherst College  - 3566 results

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The Consecrated Eminence: The Story of the Campus and Buildings of Amherst College
Book by Stanley King; Amherst College, 1951
Subjects: Amherst College--History
...in the vaults of the College unless otherwise noted...material are the following: Amherst College Biographical Record , 1821- 1939 Amherst College Biographical...Jr. Origin of Amherst College in Massachusetts , by...the Early History of Amherst College , by Heman Humphrey...
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Piety and Intellect at Amherst College, 1865-1912
Book by Thomas Le Duc; Columbia University Press, 1946
Subjects: Amherst College--History
Amherst College. Exercises at the Laying...of the College Church . Amherst, 1870. ----- Exercises...the Story of a New England College . Boston, 1935...Edward. Reminiscences of Amherst College . Northampton...
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Remembrance of Amherst: An Undergraduate's Diary, 1846-1848
Book by William Gardiner Hammond, George F. Whicher; Columbia University Press, 1946
Subjects: Amherst College, Hammond, William G--(William Gardiner)--1829-1894
...Fall Term 1846 In those days Amherst College celebrated Commencement on the...modern readers Hammonds approach to Amherst must seem extremely casual. It...Northampton, and by stage to Amherst, Hammond came to college just
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An Amherst Boyhood
Book by Alfred E. Stearns; 1946
Subjects: Amherst College
...Class of 94, Al Stearns made Amherst his home, and it has never...1933 , he turned toward Amherst its quota of Andover boys...the liberal tradition of the College. Since 1927 he has been a trustee of Amherst College. In 1937 he succeeded...
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A History of the Endowment of Amherst College
Book by Stanley King; Amherst College, 1950
Amherst in 1775, the son of a farmer in East Amherst, prepared for college with Judge Strong of Amherst, and graduated from Dartmouth at the age of twenty, receiving the second appointment, the Salutatory Oration. A year later he had a severe...
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journal articles on: Amherst College  - 1615 results

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What Do College Students Want? a Student-Centered Approach to Multifaith Involvement
Journal article by Paul V. Sorrentino; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 45, 2010
Subjects: Amherst College, Christianity, College students--Surveys, Teachers--Surveys, Teenagers--Surveys, Youth--Surveys
...gather for a multifaith service at Amherst College, there are five things we would...principles that guide our thinking at Amherst College with regard to multifaith involvement...Interfaith Listening Project, Amherst College, September 24, 2004. (20...
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Amherst Professor Joseph Haven and His Influence on America's Great Social Critic, Thorstein Veblen
Journal article by Gerald F. Vaughn; Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Vol. 34, 2006
Amherst Professor Joseph...Moral Philosophy in Amherst College when, in 1857...High Schools and Colleges, which has yet...acquired at Carleton College from Joseph Havens...gained by study of Amherst College professor...
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A Pox on Amherst: Smallpox, Sir Jeffery, and a Town Named Amherst
Journal article by Francis E. Flavin; Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Vol. 30, 2002
...was named not for General Amherst but rather for the town of Amherst, whose citizens turned out...Lord Jeff" to become a college symbol. In 1903 an undergraduate...music to the "Lord Jeffery Amherst," a song which satirized...on as a mascot during the colleges centennial celebration in...
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Retrospective on "The New Social Studies" Learning How to Learn: the Amherst Project and History Education in the Schools
Journal article by Richard H. Brown; Social Studies, Vol. 87, 1996
Subjects: History--Study And Teaching, Social Sciences--Study And Teaching
...scrounged $2,000 from the four colleges then in the Amherst area and two years later...groups of teachers assembled in Amherst each summer to have a go at...wings of a grant in 1964 to Amherst College from the U.S. Office of...
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A Hedge Away: the Other Side of Emily Dickinson's Amherst
Journal article by Peter Kakos, Jonathan Edwards Church; Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Vol. 26, 1998
...Other Side of Emily Dickinsons Amherst by Peter Kakos , Jonathan Edwards...Other Side of Emily Dickinsons Amherst. By Daniel Lombardo. Northampton...that "local habitation" of Amherst about which she "lived and...townsfolk coping with a burgeoning college in their midst. Locals and...
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U Mass Confusion: Spooked by a String of Legal Challenges to Race-sensitive Admissions Policies across the Nation, the University of Massachusetts-amherst Rethinks Diversity Strategy
Magazine article by Robin M; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 16, March 18, 1999
Subjects: Amherst, MA, Bracey, John, Colleges & universities, Competency tests, Education, Higher education, Minority & ethnic groups, Quality of education
...University of Massachusetts-Amherst rethinks diversity strategy AMHERST, Mass. -- The onslaught...University of Massachusetts-Amherst to announce a revised admissions...adopting measures that other colleges and universities have instituted...are the first-generation college students and those who have...
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Officials Seek to Limit Race-specific Dorms at Umass-amherst
Magazine article; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 23, April 6, 2006
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Dormitories, Minority students, Segregation, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
...Limit Race-specific Dorms at Umass-amherst AMHERST, MASS. Officials at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are phasing out self-segregated dormitories...freshmen. Nationwide, universities and colleges are struggling with whether minority...
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Women's Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness
Magazine article by Eleanor Lee Yates; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 17, January 18, 2001
Subjects: Amherst, VA, Colleges & universities, Community colleges, Community support, Education, Effectiveness, Kim, Mikyong, Learning, Polls & surveys, United States, Women
...academic and social support colleges offer them. Students ranked their colleges in five categories such...environments. Sweet Briar College, a small womens college in Amherst, Va., is among one...categories. At Meredith College in North Carolina...the nations 73 womens colleges participated in the...
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Barbara Morgan: Photo Archive Comes to Umass Amherst
Magazine article by Joe Sullivan; Dance Teacher, Vol. 32, March 2010
Subjects: Museum exhibits, Primus, Pearl
Barbara Morgan: Photo Archive Comes to Umass Amherst by Joe Sullivan Photographer Barbara Morgan is well...of her historic images are in the charge of the UMass Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Morgans grandson Nils...
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Inspiring Words for Educators
Magazine article; Curriculum Review, Vol. 40, February 2001
Subjects: Amherst College--Social aspects, College and school drama--Achievements and awards, Investments--Study and teaching, Slavery--International aspects, Sudan--Civil rights, Teachers--Political activity, Winfrey, Oprah--Achievements and awards
...market. "A lot of people go through high school, college, they get a job and make money and they havent a clue...its Take Your Professor Out initiative, Massachusetts Amherst College is bringing its faculty and student body closer together...
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War on Terrorism Gets OK from Liberal Amherst
Newspaper article by Steve Miller; The Washington Times, November 19, 2001
...the universities and colleges offer myriad forums...Student Democrats at Amherst College. "I am a liberal...The result is that Amherst may someday have more...that surround the five colleges. Most of those towns...miles from downtown Amherst, there are three monuments...We look at those college towns like Boston...
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Veterans to Protest Removal of Flags in Amherst
Newspaper article by Joyce Howard Price; The Washington Times, September 9, 2001
...protest removal of flags in Amherst by Joyce Howard Price Byline...to attend a town meeting in Amherst, Mass., tomorrow evening...veterans hung in August in the college community, known for its liberal...of veteran services for the Amherst town government and is an official...
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Gundersheimer Times His Departure from Folger Library
Newspaper article by Ann Geracimos; The Washington Times, May 3, 2001
Subjects: Amherst College
...later, in pursuit of studies at Amherst College and Harvard University, where...administered by the trustees of Amherst as stipulated by its patron, Standard...executive Henry Clay Folger, an early Amherst alumnus. Under Mr. Gundersheimers...
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Top 10 Best Value Private Colleges
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 4, 2010
Subjects: Universities and colleges, Vassar College, Williams College
...Top 10 Best Value Private Colleges. Byline: Elizabeth Fuller...examines the best private colleges in America and then sifts...best values: 10. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y...foot on the campus. 8. Amherst College, Amherst, Mass...who enroll in one of the colleges can take classes at any of...value list. 6. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine Bowdoin...
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Colleges Pick Up the Tab; Many Replace Student Loans with Grant Aid
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 26, 2008
Subjects: Colby College, Student loans
...Stephen Collins, the colleges director of communications...education," he said. Colby College - with a student population...according to "Americas Best Colleges 2008" - considered comparative schools such as Amherst College in Massachusetts and Bowdoin...
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encyclopedia articles on: Amherst College  - 27 results

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Amherst College
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AMHERST COLLEGE at Amherst, Mass.; founded 1821 as a college for men, coeducational since 1975. A liberal arts institution, Amherst maintains a cooperative program with Smith College, Mount Holyoke...
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Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...command British troops in New England, but in 1778 he became commander in chief of home defenses. Amherst, for whom Amherst and Amherst College is named, was created baron in 1776 and was made a field marshal in 1796. See his journal (ed...
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Amherst , Town, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AMHERST , town, United States town (1990 pop...inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeffery Amherst , it is a college town. Emily Dickinson was born and...Massachusetts, Hampshire College, and Amherst College. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture...
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Hampshire College
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE at Amherst, Mass.; coeducational; opened 1970. The emphasis...Hampshire participates in a cooperative arrangement with Amherst, Smith, and Mount Holyoke colleges and the Univ. of Massachusetts...
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Mount Holyoke College
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE hol yok, at South Hadley...rechartered as Mount Holyoke College 1893. There is a noteworthy...educational consortium with Amherst, Smith, and Hampshire colleges and the Univ. of Massachusetts...Hundred Years of Mount Holyoke College (1940...
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