American Higher Education: A History

✍ Scribed by Christopher J. Lucas (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 401
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The roots of controversy surrounding higher education in the US extend deep into the past. This original, incisive history goes far in offering a needed sense of perspective on current debates over such issues as access, costs, academic quality, social equity, and curricula. Eminently readable and always lively, this timely historical account is sure to be an invaluable resource for assessing the present condition and future prospects of American colleges and universities.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Higher Learning in Antiquity....Pages 3-34
From Cathedral Church Schools to Universities....Pages 35-69
Post-Medieval Academe: Evolution and Estrangement....Pages 71-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
The American Colonial and Antebellum College....Pages 103-144
The Evolving American University....Pages 145-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
American Academe in the Early Twentieth Century....Pages 193-241
Postwar Higher Learning in America....Pages 243-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Another Season of Discontent: The Critics....Pages 287-322
Epilogue: In Historical Retrospect....Pages 323-340
Back Matter....Pages 341-397

✦ Subjects

Higher Education; History of Education; History, general; Sociology, general

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