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A History of American Higher Education » (1st Edition)
Authors: John R. Thelin
ISBN-13: 9780801880049, ISBN-10: 0801880041
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: May 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: John R. Thelin
John R. Thelin is University Research Professor and a member of the Educational Policy Studies Department at the University of Kentucky. His many books include Games Colleges Play: Scandal and Reform in Intercollegiate Athletics, also available from Johns Hopkins.
Book Synopsis
"A readable and concise introduction to this subject, it propels audience members to develop an appreciation for the heterogeneous... academe story as a whole." -- Teachers College Record
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction : historians and higher education | ||
| 1 | Colleges in the colonial era | 1 |
| 2 | Creating the "American way" in higher education : college-building, 1785 to 1860 | 41 |
| 3 | Diversity and adversity : resilience in American higher education, 1860 to 1890 | 74 |
| 4 | Captains of industry and erudition : university-builders, 1880 to 1910 | 110 |
| 5 | Alma mater : America goes to college, 1890 to 1920 | 155 |
| 6 | Success and excess : expansion and reforms in higher education, 1920 to 1945 | 205 |
| 7 | Gilt by association : higher education's "golden age," 1945 to 1970 | 260 |
| 8 | Coming of age in America : higher education as a troubled giant, 1970 to 2000 | 317 |
| Notes | 363 | |
| Essay on sources | 393 | |
| Index | 409 |
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Educational Levels & Settings College Education
Education & Teaching Educational Levels & Settings Higher Education - General & Miscellaneous
Education & Teaching Educational Theory, Research & History Education - History
History American History United States History - General & Miscellaneous
Nonfiction History American History
Educational Levels & Settings College EducationEducation & Teaching
Educational Levels & Settings Higher Education - General & MiscellaneousEducation & Teaching
Educational Theory, Research & History Education - HistoryHistory
American History United States History - General & MiscellaneousNonfiction
History American History
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