The American college and university : a history
Frederick Rudolph (Author), John R. Thelin (Writer of introduction)
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. -- Publisher's description
History
1 online resource (xxvii, 563 pages)
9780820342573, 9781280491504, 9786613586735, 0820342572, 1280491507, 6613586730
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The colonial college
Legacy of the revolution
The college movement
The religious life
The collegiate way
Reform and reaction
The extracurriculum
Academic balance of power
Financing the colleges
Jacksonian democracy and the colleges
Crisis of the 1850's
Dawning of a new era
The emerging university
The elective principle
The education of women
Flowering of the university movement
Progressivism and the universities
The rise of football
Academic man
The organized institution
Counterrevolution
An American consensus
Spine title: The American college & university
Reprint. Originally published: New York: A. Knopf, 1962
English