American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915-1940

Name: American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915-1940
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ISBN: 9780801494987

ISBN-10: 0801494982

ISBN-13: 9780801494987

Edition: 1988

Authors: David O. Levine

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Is higher education a right or a privilege? Who should go to college? What should they study there? These questions were hotly debated between the world wars, when an unprecedented boom in college enrollments forced Americans to struggle between their belief in the importance of educational opportunity and their desire to preserve the existing social structure. In The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915-1940, David O. Levine offers the first in-depth history of higher education during this era, a period when colleges and universities became arbiters of social and economic mobility and a hierarchy of schools evolved to meet growing demands for occupational training and…

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 1/28/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English