The Search for Nova University: An Essay on Its First Twenty-Five Years 1964-1989

Authors

Stephen L. Goldstein

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Acknowledgement

Twenty-five years in the life of a university is a short period of time. Yet, in its first twenty-five years, Nova University has been able to respond to major changes in American society. After Sputnik was launched in 1957, our government and our educational system placed a high priority on science and technology. President Kennedy declared that we would place a man on the moon within a decade.

Nova University of Advanced Technology was conceived in response to the national agenda. In the mid-1960s, President Johnson launched the Great Society, which began to take effect in the late 1960s and continued into the 1970s. Nova University responded to the challenge of equal educational opportunity and minority success by taking education to the student. In the 1980s, in the new information age, Nova is responding by making quality education accessible to all individuals with the assistance of technology.

This essay, written by Dr. Stephen Goldstein, presents a broad sweep of Nova's twenty-five-year history. It is a macro view of what has taken place. I personally am grateful to Dr. Goldstein for volunteering to write this piece since he had only a brief time in which to do research. The success of this institution is due to many individuals who have contributed over the years. Too numerous to mention in this publication, benefactors, trustees, faculty, staff, and students have helped make the dream of Nova University a reality. Nova University is a dynamic institution; it remains committed to its original mission to create, implement, evaluate, and disseminate quality educational programs and to help each student realize his or her fullest potential.

Abraham S. Fischler
October 10, 1989

Publication Date

1989

Publisher

Nova University

City

Fort Lauderdale

Keywords

Abraham S. Fischler, access to education, American society, benefactors, civil rights era, community outreach, educational innovation, educational technology, equal educational opportunity, faculty, Great Society, higher education history, information age, institutional mission, minority success, national agenda, Nova University, Nova University of Advanced Technology, science and technology, space race, Sputnik, Stephen Goldstein, students, technological advancement, trustees

Disciplines

Communication Technology and New Media | Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Educational Leadership | Educational Technology | Higher Education | Higher Education Administration | Higher Education and Teaching | Online and Distance Education | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | University Extension

NSUWorks Citation

Goldstein, Stephen L., "The Search for Nova University: An Essay on Its First Twenty-Five Years 1964-1989" (1989). NSU Books and Book Chapters. 4.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsu_books/4