Document Type
Issue Area Two
Abstract
How do we resolve the separateness of Cedar Falls and Waterloo created by diversity? To do this, I believe it is first helpful to consider two questions pertinent to the issue. The first question is, why are the two communities separate? The second question, which is more complicated, is how are the two communities culturally diverse?
Without going into a great deal of historical detail, the obvious fact is that Waterloo and Cedar Falls were both founded as separate entities. From the very beginning then they have been separate. This separateness led to assorted conflicts and disagreements. The first that I am aware of occurred very early as a result of trying to choose a location for the Black Hawk County courthouse. Economic concerns, pride, and boosterism, as well as ordinary jealousy, were all hallmarks of this historic separateness. Since Waterloo has been the largest of the two cities, there has been and still is concern that Cedar Falls and its unique identity will be the loser in any collaboration with Waterloo. What happened to the news from Cedar Falls when its newspaper (The Cedar Falls Record) was absorbed by The Waterloo Courier exemplifies this basic concern. News from Cedar Falls is not as accurate and detailed as it once was when Cedar Falls had its own paper.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
7
Issue
1
First Page
42
Last Page
44
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1997 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Gansen, Phillip A.
(1997)
"Economics Cited as Main Separation Issue,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 7:
No.
1, Article 17.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol7/iss1/17
