Highland University
Highland University (sometimes called "Highland College") was an institution of higher learning located in
Presbyterian church.[1] Origins of the school date back to 1837.[2] Highland Community College claims that its roots date back to this university, and thus to be "the first college in Kansas."[3]
In the late 19th century, the noted scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor George Washington Carver was accepted at Highland College. When he arrived, however, they refused to let him attend because of his race.[4][5]
References
- ^ Higher Education in Kansas, p126-127
- ^ Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... Archived 2011-05-04 at the Wayback Machine "Highland University" Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed May 2002 by Carolyn Ward.
- ^ Highland Community College. "Mission and History". highlandcc.edu. Archived from the original on August 17, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-7565-1882-0.
- ISBN 978-0-313-34796-2.
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