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A college town or university town is a community (often a separate town or city, but in some cases a town/city neighborhood or a district) that is dominated by its university population.
- List of College Towns
This is a list of college towns, residential areas (towns,...
- State College, Pennsylvania
State College is a borough and home rule municipality in...
- List of College Towns
This is a list of college towns, residential areas (towns, districts, etc.) that are socioeconomically dominated by a college or university, sorted by continent. Generally, to be classified as a college town, a town should exhibit one or more of the following: The town is known for the presence of a college or university.
- Origin of The Term
- Middle Ages
- Early Modern
- Modern
- Bibliography
During the Middle Ages, students admitted to European universities often held minor clerical status and donned garb similar to that worn by the clergy. These vestments evolved into the academic long black gown, worn along with hood and cap. The gown proved comfortable for studying in unheated and draughty buildings and thus became a tradition in th...
The university as sanctuary
The idea of a school of higher learning as a distinct and autonomous institution within an urban setting dates back to the Academy founded by Plato c. 387 BC. The Academy was established as a sacred sanctuary for learning outside the city walls of Athens. Successors of the Academy existed over nine centuries until the final iteration was closed, along with other pagan schools, by Emperor Justinianin AD 529. In the 12th century, when the early medieval universities came into existence – first...
Anatomy of an adversarial relationship
The initial relationship between the medieval universities and the host town was adversarial for various reasons, and over time, the universities' growing autonomy and independence from local control led to increasing tensions with host towns. Also, the steady encroachment of universities upon neighbouring areas created a point of contention between town and gown (continuing to the present). The medieval universities formed as guilds of masters (teachers) and/or students on the model establis...
Town versus gown
Conflict was inevitable in the medieval university towns, where two separately governed bodies with different priorities and loyalties shared the same restricted space. Moreover, violence was commonplace in medieval life, not only between scholars and townsmen, but also among ordinary citizens, as well as between scholars from different regions of Europe who attended the universities. Violent confrontations between town and gown erupted on a recurring basis. One of the most famous was the Bat...
Over the centuries, the relationship between town and gown has remained ambivalent. There have been points where a university in crisis has been rescued by the urban dynamics surrounding it, while at other times, urban developments have threatened to undermine the stability of the university. Conversely, there have been occasions where the universi...
A wave of student unrest took place in North America and Europe during the 1960s, from Paris to Mexico City to California. The Free Speech Movement, centred at the University of California, Berkeley, has often been cited as the starting point of the unrest. The US student movement was ostensibly about demands for more freedom and a share in decisio...
Kemp, Roger L. (2013). Town & Gown Relations: A Handbook of Best Practices. Jefferson, North Carolina, USA, and London, England: McFarland and Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6399-2.Manahan, Richard A. (15 September 1980). "Town and Gown: The Relationship between City and Campus". Vital Speeches of the Day. 46(23).Seybolt, Robert F. (1921). The Manuale Scholarium: An Original Account of Life in the Medieval University. Harvard University Press.Seybolt, Robert F. (1927). Renaissance Student Life: The Paedologia of Petrus Mosellanus. University of Illinois Press.A college town or university town is a place (often a town or city) that has a college or university that is an important part of that place. The university may be a very big part of the place's economy and culture, and there may be a lot of students living there.
State College is a borough and home rule municipality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a college town, dominated economically, culturally, and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of The Pennsylvania State University. State College is the largest designated borough in Pennsylvania. [4]
26 de out. de 2024 · This is a list of college towns, residential areas (towns, districts, etc.) that are socioeconomically dominated by a college or university, sorted by continent.
14 de nov. de 2017 · These top 20 college towns range from small towns whose population and economy are dominated by one or more colleges and universities to a handful of larger cities that, despite their size, have managed to maintain the dynamic and eclectic atmosphere of the ideal college town.
