Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Statistics of Land-grant Colleges and Universities
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Universities and Their Cities
Author: Steven J. DinerPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421422425
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
The first broad survey of the history of urban higher education in America. Today, a majority of American college students attend school in cities. But throughout the nineteenth and much of the twentieth centuries, urban colleges and universities faced deep hostility from writers, intellectuals, government officials, and educators who were concerned about the impact of cities, immigrants, and commuter students on college education. In Universities and Their Cities, Steven J. Diner explores the roots of American colleges’ traditional rural bias. Why were so many people, including professors, uncomfortable with nonresident students? How were the missions and activities of urban universities influenced by their cities? And how, improbably, did much-maligned urban universities go on to profoundly shape contemporary higher education across the nation? Surveying American higher education from the early nineteenth century to the present, Diner examines the various ways in which universities responded to the challenges offered by cities. In the years before World War II, municipal institutions struggled to “build character” in working class and immigrant students. In the postwar era, universities in cities grappled with massive expansion in enrollment, issues of racial equity, the problems of “disadvantaged” students, and the role of higher education in addressing the “urban crisis.” Over the course of the twentieth century, urban higher education institutions greatly increased the use of the city for teaching, scholarly research on urban issues, and inculcating civic responsibility in students. In the final decades of the century, and moving into the twenty-first century, university location in urban areas became increasingly popular with both city-dwelling students and prospective resident students, altering the long tradition of anti-urbanism in American higher education. Drawing on the archives and publications of higher education organizations and foundations, Universities and Their Cities argues that city universities brought about today’s commitment to universal college access by reaching out to marginalized populations. Diner shows how these institutions pioneered the development of professional schools and PhD programs. Finally, he considers how leaders of urban higher education continuously debated the definition and role of an urban university. Ultimately, this book is a considered and long overdue look at the symbiotic impact of these two great American institutions: the city and the university.
Oversight on the Federal Role in Education
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and LaborPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Proceedings
Author: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
School & College
Author: Surmounting All Odds - Vol. 2
Author: Carol Camp YeakeyPublisher: IAP
ISBN: 1607527871
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Volume 2 in the two volume set about overcoming the odds in African American Education.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting
Author: Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States (U.S.). MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record
Author: Measuring Success
Author: Jack BuckleyPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421424967
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
"Once touted as the single best way to measure students from diverse backgrounds, schools, and experiences, standardized college admissions tests are now criticized for being hopelessly biased in favor of traditionally privileged groups. Out of this has emerged the test-optional movement that seeks to allow students to apply to schools without sitting through the rigors of the SAT. This book takes a step back and applies rigorous empirical measurements to these rival claims. Drawing upon the expertise of higher education researchers, admissions officers, enrollment managers, and policy professionals, this edited volume is among the first to investigate the research and policy implications of test-optional practices. It was conceived in response to the editors' frustration with the fragmented and incomplete state of the literature around the contemporary debate on college admissions testing. Many students, teachers, parents, policymakers--frankly, nearly anyone immediately outside the testing industry and college admissions--have little understanding of how admissions tests are used. This lack of transparency has often fueled beliefs that college assessments are biased, misused, or overused. Decades of research on various aspects of testing, such as the predictive validity of assessments, makes a compelling case for their value. But all-too-frequently researchers and admissions officers talk past one another instead of engaging substantively. This collection intends to remedy the situation by bringing these disparate voices together. This book is designed for provosts, enrollment managers, and college admissions officers seeking to strike the proper balance between uniformity and fairness"--
National Survey of the Education of Teachers
Author: United States. National Survey of the Education of TeachersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description