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Identifier	Thesis 1964
Author	Urbanski, Michael T.
Title	Alliance College: The Life and Death of a Polonia Institution
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2008
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	In 1912, the Polish National Alliance of America (PNA), embarked on an ambitious project to create the first, and only, secular Polish American College in North America. The purpose of the institution was to provide immigrants and their children an education beyond the parochial school that would allow upward mobility in American society while still being a Pole, maintaining the cultural values and traditions which defined the group. In its history Alliance worked to accommodate the educational aspirations of Polish American youth while simultaneously providing an avenue of social and economic advancement for the community. In doing so, it faced many challenges, particularly those of chronic low enrollment and financial difficulties. Even with its noble mission, Alliance's problems eventually overwhelmed the school forcing it to end operations in 1987. Alliance College played a unique role in the history and evolution of American Polonia. Despite this, however, the history of this small, ethnically Polish institute of higher learning is not well documented in the secondary literature on American Polonia, and neither is the aspect of higher education. Furthermore, no text currently exists that completely documents the history of this ethnic institution from beginning to end. This situation is unfortunate as in many ways as the story of Alliance College reflects the story of Polish American higher education. Originating as a means to advance the social and economic position of the Polish immigrant, the development and growth of the school overtime corresponded with the educational evolution and maturity of the Polish American community. By examining the history of the school, one can not only gain an understanding of the change in Polish American attitudes of higher education, but see parallels between Alliance and various trends in American higher learning as well. Although Alliance ended operations after seventy-five years of service to the community, its failure does not necessarily indicate a failure of the Poles as an ethnic group or that Polonia places less emphasis on education compared to other cultural groups. Polish Americans simply found other, more viable educational intuitions which supported their objectives of social and economic improvement of the community.
Subject	Alliance College -- History Polish Americans -- Education -- United States Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Cambridge Springs Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America
Department	Department of History
Advisor	Biskupski, Mieczysław B
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713735092
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