UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston

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The social upheaval of the 1960s ushered in lasting change around the country, prompted, in part, by major civil rights and anti-poverty legislation, a record collection of students in quest of college degrees, and the growth of land-grant public universities into urban centers. Guided by an idealism and ambition characteristic of the time, the University of Massachusetts Boston held its first classes in 1965. In a city that prided itself on being the birthplace of American public education but remained the exclusive preserve of private universities, UMass Boston’s founders set their sights on creating “an excellent public urban university” that will “stand with town” and provide students of all ethnicities, ages, and social classes with opportunities “equal to the most productive.”

Richly illustrated and enlivened by reminiscences and profiles, UMass Boston at 50 tells the remarkable coming-of-age story of an institution that has consistently defied the percentages, risen to the occasion, and served tens of thousands of students, from Vietnam veterans to students with roots in more than 150 countries. The university that opened in a half-renovated gas company building in downtown Boston now enjoys a reputation for wide-ranging, innovative research and service and holds steadfastly to its mission and its teaching soul. UMass Boston at 50 also tells of the university’s ambitious plans to transform the preeminent student-centered urban public university of the twenty-first century.

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