History of American Higher Education

Name: History of American Higher Education
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ISBN: 9781421402673

ISBN-10: 142140267X

ISBN-13: 9781421402673

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: John R. Thelin

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Colleges and universities are among the most cherished institutions in American society -- and also among the most controversial. Recounting the many crises and triumphs in the long history of American higher education, historian John Thelin offers welcome perspective on this influential aspect of American life. Since its original publication, A History of American Higher Education has distinguished itself as the widest-ranging and most engaging account of the origins and evolution of America's public and private colleges and universities. It is widely praised for providing a comprehensive and readable review of the academy's history and influence on society. The second edition brings this…

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List price: $28.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.42" wide x 8.98" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Historians and Higher Education



Colleges in the Colonial Era



Creating the "American Way" in Higher Education: College-Building, 1785 to 1860



Diversity and Adversity: Resilience in American Higher Education, 1860 to 1890



Captains of Industry and Erudition: University-Builders, 1880 to 1910



Alma Mater: America Goes to College, 1890 to 1920



Success and Excess: Expansion and Reforms in Higher Education, 1920 to 1945



Gilt by Association: Higher Education's "Golden Age," 1945 to 1970



Coming of Age in America: Higher Education as a Troubled Giant, 1970 to 2000



A New Life Begins? Reconfiguring American Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century


Notes


Essay on Sources


Index