Combatants Become Allies

Washington & Jefferson College, once a flashpoint for town-gown distrust, offers a model for collaboration

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

Washington, Pa.

The jobs at the steel mills and glass factories have all but disappeared. The Sears, Montgomery Ward, and J.C. Penney stores have left downtown. And Washington has shrunk to 16,000 residents, down from 25,000 about 40 years ago.

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