Article explores the success and failure of two American Indian institutions of higher education; Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. This article identifies the reasons why Bacone survived, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College did not.
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Article explores the success and failure of two American Indian institutions of higher education; Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. This article identifies the reasons why Bacone survived, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College did not.
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Abstract: Two of the colleges existing in Oklahoma in the early twentieth century were Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. Steven J. Crum explores the success and failure of these two American Indian institutions of higher education.
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The Chronicles of Oklahoma
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Crum, Steven J.One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80,
article,
Spring 2013;
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2016998/:
accessed April 18, 2024),
The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org;
crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.