Founded in 1770, the College of Charleston has evolved over time, like the historic port city in which it is situated, to preserve the best elements of its heritage while growing to meet the challenges of the present and future. This history of the college in the modern era surveys its responses to the challenges of the civil rights era, its expansions during a period when enrollment grew from fewer than five hundred to more than ten thousand, and its developments in the midst of transformative changes in higher-education administration and funding.
From nearly closing its doors while...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...disguised. Cob. What fellow yonder comes along the grove? Few passengers there be that know this way: Methinks he stops as though he stayed for me, And meant to shroud himself among the bushes. I know the clergy hate me to the death, And my religion gets me many foes; And this may be some desperate rogue, suborned To work me mischief: as it pleaseth God If he come toward me, sure I'll...