Higher Education in Transition A History of American Colleges and Universities

Name: Higher Education in Transition A History of American Colleges and Universities
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ISBN: 9781560009177

ISBN-10: 1560009179

ISBN-13: 9781560009177

Edition: 4th 1997

Authors: John S. Brubacher, Willis Rudy, John Brubacher

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Beginning with colonial times, the authors trace the development of the college and university system chronologically, in terms of men and institutions.

Book details

List price: $55.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Publication date: 1/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 564
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



Preface to the Transaction Edition


Preface



The Colonial College



Beginnings



Early Patterns of Organization and Administration



Early Student Life



Nineteenth-Century Innovations in the Colonial College



Multiplication and Variation of Colleges



Early Methods of Instruction



The Elective Struggle



The Period of Fraternities and Athletics



The Rise of Universities in Nineteenth-Century America



The American State University



The Development of the Graduate School



Professional Education



The Federal Government and Higher Education



Higher Education in the Twentieth Century



Articulation of Secondary and Higher Education



Innovations in Curriculum and Methods



The Philosophy of Higher Education



Academic Freedom



Reintegration of Curriculum and Extracurriculum



Enlarging Scope of the Administration of Higher Education



In Perspective



The University Transformed, 1975-1995



American Higher Education at the Dawn of a New Millennium



Distinguishing Features of American Higher Education


Notes


Bibliography


Index