Town and gown
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Town and gown are two distinct communities of a university town; 'town' being the non-academic population and 'gown' metonymically being the university community, especially in ancient seats of learning such as Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and St Andrews, although the term is also used to describe modern university towns as well as towns with a significant public school. The metaphor is historical in its connotation but continues to be used in the literature on urban higher education and in common parlance.
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See also
- 2005 Quebec student strike
- City of Washington – Washington & Jefferson College relations
- College town
- Columbia University protests of 1968
- Free Speech Movement
- German student movement
- Jackson State killings
- Kent State shootings
- May 1968 events in France
- Orangeburg massacre
- Reality checkpoint
- St Scholastica Day riot
- San Luis Obispo Mardi Gras controversy
- Student activism
- Studentification
- University of Paris strike of 1229
- Youth activism
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