History of American Higher Education

Name: History of American Higher Education
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ISBN: 9780801880049

ISBN-10: 0801880041

ISBN-13: 9780801880049

Edition: 2004

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. Yet affirmative action and skyrocketing tuition are only the most recent dissonant issues to emerge. Recounting the many crises and triumphs in the long history of American higher education, historian John Thelin provides welcome perspective on this influential aspect of American life. In A History of American Higher Education, Thelin offers a wide-ranging and engaging account of the origins and evolution of America's public and private colleges and universities, emphasizing the notion of saga -- the proposition that institutions are heirs to numerous historical…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 6/11/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 446
Size: 6.14" wide x 8.43" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.298



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


Notes


Essay on Sources


Index