A history of American higher education /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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, 1890 to 1910
- Alma mater: America goes to college, 1890 to 1920
- Success and excess: expansions 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
- A new life begins?: reconfiguring American higher education in the 21st century.