Author: David Bronson PottsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Baptist Colleges in the Development of American Society, 1812-1961
Author: David Bronson PottsThe American College in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Roger L. GeigerPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 9780826513649
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Counter Roger L. Geiger's collection of essays and interpretive introduction shows the growth of colleges in America over the nineteenth century, from eighteen schools at the beginning of the century to 450 Universities by the end, which transformed the life of the nation.
The University of Chicago
Author: John W. BoyerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022624251X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 717
Book Description
One of the most influential institutions of higher learning in the world, the University of Chicago has a powerful and distinct identity, and its name is synonymous with intellectual rigour. John W. Boyer presents a fascinating narrative of a legendary academic community, one that brings to light the nature of its academic culture and curricula, the experience of its students, its engagement with Chicago's civic community, and the conditions that have enabled the University to survive and sustain itself through decades of change.
Gentlemen and Scholars
Author: W. Bruce LesliePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351310623
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Historians have dubbed the period from the Civil War to World War I "the age of the university," suggesting that colleges, in contrast to universities, were static institutions out of touch with American society. Bruce Leslie challenges this view by offering compelling evidence for the continued vitality of colleges, using case studies of four representative colleges from the Middle Atlantic region u Bucknell, Franklin and Marshall, Princeton, and Swarthmore. A new introduction to this classic reflects on his work in light of recent scholarship, especially that on southern universities, the American college in the international context, the experience of women, and liberal Protestantism's impact on the research university. According to Leslie, nineteenth-century colleges were designed by their founders and supporters to be instruments of ethnic, denominational, and local identity. The four colleges Leslie examines in detail here were representative of these types, each serving a particular religious denomination or lifestyle. Over the course of this period, however, these colleges, like many others, were forced to look beyond traditional sources of financial support, toward wealthy alumni and urban benefactors. This development led to the gradual reorientation of these schools toward an emerging national urban Protestant culture. Colleges that responded to and exploited the new currents prospered. Those that continued to serve cultural distinctiveness and localism risked financial sacrifice. Leslie develops his argument from a close study of faculties, curricula, financial constituencies, student bodies, and campus life. The book will be valuable to those interested in American history, higher education, as well as the particular institutions studied. "This book continues the story started by Veysey's Emergence of the American University. Its innovative approach should encourage scholars to study colleges and universities as parts of local communities rather than as freestanding entities. Leslie's findings will substantially revise currently accepted accounts of the history of education in the late nineteenth century."--Louise L. Stevenson, Franklin and Marshall College
Doctors of Philosophy and Doctors of Science ... with the Titles of Their Theses
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Arts and SciencesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Some issues do not include Doctors of science.
The History of Higher Education
Author: Association for the Study of Higher EducationPublisher: Pearson
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
The History of Higher Education combines classic readings with the most recent research on the history of American colleges and universities. This book covers five historical periods in the evolution of higher education from the time of the American colonies to the 1970s. The goal of this informative reader is to build a working historical knowledge base of the opportunities and problems confronting American higher education.
The History of Higher Education
Author: Harold S. WechslerPublisher: Pearson
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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ASHE Reader on the History of Higher Education
Author: Lester F. GoodchildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Doctors of Philosophy, Harvard University and Radcliffe College, with Titles of Their Theses
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Arts and SciencesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
Book Description