Celebrating 150 years since changing the face of U.S. higher education
M ARTIN Van Buren, eighth president of the United States , died in 1862. As did John Tyler , the 10th president. And Henry David Thoreau . All three left a legacy, but we would argue that none reaches the level of something that was birthed in that Civil War year.
It was the same year Abraham Lincoln revealed his plans for the Emancipation Proclamation , but that wasn't actually signed until Jan. 1, 1863. Th...
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