town and gown

town and gown

The two coexisting communities of a university town, i.e., the university (primarily the students) and the residents of the town where it is located, used especially in reference to tensions between the two. "Gown" is a reference to the traditional academic gown once worn by university students, now typically reserved for graduation ceremonies. Hyphenated if used as a modifier before a noun. The city council decided to establish a collaborative committee dedicated to helping resolve such disputes between town and gown. Town-and-gown relations have continued to sour as residents' complaints about noise and congestion within the town have increased.
See also: and, gown, town
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

town-and-gown

the relations between a town and the university located within the town; the relations between university students and the nonstudents who live in a university town. (Usually in reference to a disagreement. Fixed order.) There is another town-and-gown dispute in Adamsville over the amount the university costs the city for police services. There was more town-and-gown strife reported at Larry's Bar and Grill last Saturday night.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

town and gown

The inhabitants of a college or university town and the students and personnel of the college, as in There used to be friction between town and gown but the new parking lots have eased it . The gown in this expression alludes to the academic robes traditional in British universities. [Early 1800s]
See also: and, gown, town
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

town and gown

non-members and members of a university in a particular place.
The gown is the academic dress worn by university members, now required only on ceremonial or formal occasions. The distinction between town and gown was made in these specific terms in early 19th-century Oxford and Cambridge, but the traditional hostility between the native inhabitants of the two cities and the incoming students has been a long-standing phenomenon, as is evidenced by the St Scholastica's Day riot in Oxford in 1354 .
See also: and, gown, town
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • town-and-gown
  • town-gown
  • A-town
  • get out of town
  • Get out of town!
  • all around town
  • go to town on (something)
  • main street
  • skip town
  • out of town
References in periodicals archive
They need to be invited and courted for the mutual benefit of the town and gown. The time to begin such initiatives is now,' Osunkeye said.
Osunkeye Tells Universities To Appoint Professors Outside The Academia
I recall in college we used to talk a lot about the relationship between town and gown; that is, the town community and the academic community, and how they relate to each other.
Town and gown--the virtuous circle
Set a strategic agenda with buy-in from both town and gown.
The strategy behind good neighbors: Collaborative planning leads to outstanding town-gown relations
Town and Gown. Economic Development Journal 2 (2): 16-23.
Engaged institutions, responsiveness, and town-gown relationships: why deep culture change must emphasize the gathering of community feedback
As the university expands link Town and Gown by transferring the ailing listed Market Hall to university ownership with the provision that they build the long-awaited bridge over the ring road!
Vision for town centre
The Durham Town and Gown 10k is the latest addition to the Town and Gown series, which already sees thousands of runners from Cambridge and Oxford take to the streets for the campaign.
Runners paint Durham orange
Twelve runners from the centre will compete in the two teams, dubbed the Muscle Maidens and the Muscle Magpies, in the first Muscular Dystrophy Campaign Durham Town and Gown 10k.
Caring medical staff in it for the long run
I was asked to attend this conference and give a keynote speech titled "Town and Gown Best and Evolving Practices." My presentation was based on the research I did for my latest book, Town and Gown Relations: A Handbook of Best Practices (McFarland and Co.
"Town-Gown" Relations in Europe
Town and gown relations; a handbook of best practices.
Town and gown relations; a handbook of best practices
Located near the main entrance to Brandenburg Technical University, an institution founded in 1991 to help reinvigorate the decrepit shell of this workers' paradise, the new library serves as a bridge between town and gown. It is also a symbol of transparency and free expression, in a way that the uniform campus buildings are not.
Cottbus kaleidoscope: this library enlivens both the campus and civic realm of a former industrial centre striving to reinvent itself
The CFF panel session, "Town and Gown: Models for Collaboration in Music" will be held March 17, 2003, during the National Conference.
Town and gown: models of musical collaboration. (College Faculty Forum)
Bailey sets up the emergence of the sexual revolution with discussions of town and gown politics before World War II, the growth of the University during the war, and the establishment of gender and sexual norms in the post-war years.
Sex in the Heartland. (Reviews)
Professor Adeyemi who is also the chairman, governing council, The Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State stated this recently while delivering his valedictory lecture, entitled 'The Ivory Tower: Town and Gown in the Contemporary Nigeria,' which was the second in the university.
Don calls for effective 'town and gown' relationship
The need and desire for universities and their communities to become better dance partners has led to the creation of a nonprofit association focused solely on establishing and enhancing better community relations--the International Town and Gown Association, based in Clemson, S.C.
There's no place like home: strategies to build town-gown relations
* TOWN AND GOWN: Children from St Joseph's RC Primary School, Dalton, at the university ceremony with (from left) Playing for Success manager Jeanette Palmer, Andy Booth and Ann Hough of Huddersfield Town, learning manager for Kirklees Anita Davis and university lecturer Jim Reid
Graduation comes a few years early