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Higher Education In Transition » (4th Edition)

Book cover image of Higher Education In Transition by John S. Brubacher

Authors: John S. Brubacher, John Brubacher
ISBN-13: 9781560009177, ISBN-10: 1560009179
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Date Published: June 1997
Edition: 4th Edition

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Author Biography: John S. Brubacher

Book Synopsis

At a time when our colleges and universities face momentous questions of new growth and direction, the republication of Higher Education in Transition is more timely than ever. Beginning with colonial times, the authors trace the development of our college and university system chronologically, in terms of men and institutions. They bring into focus such major areas of concern as curriculum, administration, academic freedom, and student life. They tell their story with a sharp eye for the human values at stake and the issues that will be with us in the future.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Transaction Edition
Preface
Pt. IThe Colonial College
1Beginnings3
2Early Patterns of Organization and Administration24
3Early Student Life39
Pt. IINineteenth-Century Innovations in the Colonial College
4Multiplication and Variation of Colleges59
5Early Methods of Instruction84
6The Elective Struggle100
7The Period of Fraternities and Athletics120
Pt. IIIThe Rise of Universities in Nineteenth-Century America
8The American State University143
9The Development of the Graduate School174
10Professional Education198
11The Federal Government and Higher Education219
Pt. IVHigher Education in the Twentieth Century
12Articulation of Secondary and Higher Education241
13Innovations in Curriculum and Methods264
14The Philosophy of Higher Education287
15Academic Freedom308
16Reintegration of Curriculum and Extracurriculum330
17Enlarging Scope of the Administration of Higher Education354
Pt. VIn Perspective
18The University Transformed, 1975-1995399
19American Higher Education at the Dawn of a New Millennium412
20Distinguishing Features of American Higher Education423
Notes443
Bibliography543
Index557

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