The American College And University

Author : Frederick Rudolph
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820342573
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American College and University written by Frederick Rudolph and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1962, Frederick Rudolph's groundbreaking study, The American College and University, remains one of the most useful and significant works on the history of higher education in America. Bridging the chasm between educational and social history, this book was one of the first to examine developments in higher education in the context of the social, economic, and political forces that were shaping the nation at large. Surveying higher education from the colonial era through the mid-twentieth century, Rudolph explores a multitude of issues from the financing of institutions and the development of curriculum to the education of women and blacks, the rise of college athletics, and the complexities of student life. In his foreword to this new edition, John Thelin assesses the impact that Rudolph's work has had on higher education studies. The new edition also includes a bibliographic essay by Thelin covering significant works in the field that have appeared since the publication of the first edition. At a time when our educational system as a whole is under intense scrutiny, Rudolph's seminal work offers an important historical perspective on the development of higher education in the United States.

Author : Frederick Rudolph
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American College and University written by Frederick Rudolph and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger L. Geiger
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826513649
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American College in the Nineteenth Century written by Roger L. Geiger and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counter Roger L. Geiger's collection of essays and interpretive introduction shows the growth of colleges in America over the nineteenth century, from eighteen schools at the beginning of the century to 450 Universities by the end, which transformed the life of the nation.

Author : David O. Levine
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501744151
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915–1940 written by David O. Levine and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is higher education a right or a privilege? Who should go to college? What should they study there? These questions were hotly debated between the world wars, when an unprecedented boom in college enrollments forced Americans to struggle between their belief in the importance of educational opportunity and their desire to preserve the existing social structure. In The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915–1940, David O. Levine offers the first in-depth history of higher education during this era, a period when colleges and universities became arbiters of social and economic mobility and a hierarchy of schools evolved to meet growing demands for occupational training and socialization.

Author : James Martin
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421432781
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New American College Town written by James Martin and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singer, Allison Starer, Wim Wiewel, Eugene L. Zdziarski II

Author : Jonathan Silverman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476663335
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remaking the American College Campus written by Jonathan Silverman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The built and landscaped spaces of colleges and universities radiate and absorb the values of the cultures in which they were created. As economic and political forces exert pressure on administrators and as our understanding of higher education shifts, these spaces can transform dramatically. Focusing on the utopian visions and the dystopian realities of American campus life, this collection of new essays examines campus spaces from the perspective of those who live and work there. Topics include disability, sustainability, first-year writing, underrepresented groups on campus, online education, adjunct labor, and the way profit-driven agendas have shaped colleges and universities.

Author : John R. Thelin
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421428830
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of American Higher Education written by John R. Thelin and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone studying the history of this institution in America must read Thelin's classic text, which has distinguished itself as the most wide-ranging and engaging account of the origins and evolution of America's institutions of higher learning.

Author : Robert B. Archibald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019025193X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Road Ahead for America's Colleges and Universities written by Robert B. Archibald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US higher education system is on the verge of a revolution, so some observers claim. Archibald and Feldman, leading analysts, provide an incisive overview of the challenges facing and possibilities for America's universities and colleges in their training future generations. And they demonstrate that our higher education system is resilient and adaptable enough to weather the internal, external, and technological threats without changing campuses beyond recognition. The Road Ahead for America's Colleges and Universities examines the threats posed to the current health of higher education by rising tuition and falling government support, as well as from new digital technologies rippling through the entire economy. Some predict disaster, pointing to high costs, exploding debt, and a digital tsunami that supposedly will combine to disrupt and sweep away many of the nation's higher education institutions, or change them beyond recognition. Archibald and Feldman provide a more nuanced view. They argue that the bundle of services that four-year colleges and universities provide will retain its value for the traditional age range of college students. Less certain, Archibald and Feldman argue, is whether the system will continue to be a force for social and economic opportunity. The threats are most dire at schools that disproportionately serve America's most underprivileged students. At the same time, growing income inequality reduces the ability of many students and their families to pay for higher education. Archibald and Feldman suggest a range of policy options at the state and federal level that will help America's higher education system continue to fulfill its promise.

Author : Irving Babbitt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literature and the American College written by Irving Babbitt and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James V. Koch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780815732617
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Degrees of Debt written by James V. Koch and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education funding and tuition and fee inflation are complicated matters that very few people understand well. Koch clarifies the central issues and provides plentiful data to support its key points.