A History of Eastern Kentucky University: The School of Opportunity

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, Kentucky, was originally established as a normal school in 1906 in the wake of a landmark education law passed by the Kentucky General Assembly. One hundred years later, the school has evolved into a celebrated multipurpose regional university that is national in scope. The school was built on a campus that had housed Central University, a southern Presbyterian institution. In its early years, EKU grew slowly, buffeted by cyclical economic problems

• | Author: William E. Ellis
• | Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• | Publication Date: May 20, 2005
• | Number of Pages: 282 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0813123461
• | ISBN-13: 9780813123462