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Follow on Google News | New Book Offers a Historical View of Adelphi UniversityNoted Author and Adelphi Professor of English Dr. Jennifer Fleischner Offers a Rare Glimpse Into How the University Evolved From Private School Academy to Modern University
In her new book released this month, Dr. Fleischner chronicles the University from its founding in 1863 in Brooklyn as the Adelphi Academy through today as a modern world-class university under the leadership of President Robert A. Scott. Through chapters devoted to the tenures of Adelphi’s successive presidents, the work depicts an institution that continuously evolved with changing socioeconomic and political times. Using detailed information from extensive interviews and archival research, Dr. Fleischner depicts the University’s periods of growth and tension and presents a historically sweeping and vibrant view of changes at Adelphi within the context of the broader changes in American higher education and society at large. The last history of the University was written in 1946 by historian and former Adelphi history faculty member Chester Barrows. In 2013, Dr. Scott commissioned the new work to capture the firsthand accounts of alumni, faculty, staff, and regional leaders. Dr. Scott tapped Dr. Fleischner to undertake this work due in part to her acclaimed work, Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly, and the precedent of having the University's history chronicled by a member of its faculty. “As someone who has spent most of his career in higher education, I understand how colleges and universities have always adapted to the times,” Dr. Scott said. “Dr. Fleischner has done an extraordinary job of offering the reader a carefully researched and exceptionally crafted view of how Adelphi University has evolved. Her work offers alumni, faculty, students, and friends, as well asfuture researchers, an informed and objective view of the Adelphi story. I am pleased to add this book to our historical account and am grateful to Dr. Fleischner for her outstanding work.” Dr. Fleischner is the author of books and articles about American literature, women, and slavery, as well as an historical novel, Nobody's Boy, set in antebellum St. Louis. She has taught at Adelphi University since 2002. The hardcover book (insert ISBN 10: 1-323-06080- About Adelphi University: A world-class, modern university, Adelphi has excellent and highly relevant programs in which students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—the College of Arts and Sciences (http://arts- Note to editors: for review copies or to arrange an interview with Dr. Fleischner, please contact Lori Duggan Gold Vice President for Communications at duggangold@adelphi.edu End
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