Higher education in transition : a history of American colleges and universities
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Higher education in transition : a history of American colleges and universities
（Foundations of higher education）
Transaction Publishers, c1997
4th ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-555) and index
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Description
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.
One gets a sense not only of temporal sequence by centuries and decades but also of unity and continuity by a review of major themes and topics. Rudy's new chapters update developments in higher education during the last twenty years. Higher Education in Transition continues to have significance not only for those who work in higher education, but for everyone interested in American ideas, traditions, and social and intellectual history.
Table of Contents
PREFACE TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION, PREFACE, PART I THE COLONIAL COLLEGE, PART II NINETEENTH-CENTURY INNOVATIONS IN THE COLONIAL COLLEGE, PART III THE RISE OF UNIVERSITIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA, PART IV HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, PART V IN PERSPECTIVE, Notes, Bibliography, Index
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