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Higher education in transition : a history of American colleges and universities
- Title
- Higher education in transition : a history of American colleges and universities / John S. Brubacher & Willis Rudy ; with new chapters by Willis Rudy.
- Author
- Brubacher, John S. (John Seiler), 1898-1988
- Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, ©1997.
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- Additional Authors
- Rudy, Willis, 1920-
- Description
- xi, 564 pages; 26 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Foundations of higher education
- Uniform Title
- Foundations of higher education
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-555) and index.
- Contents
- The colonial college: -- Beginnings -- Early patterns of organization and administration -- Early student life -- Nineteenth-century innovations in the colonial college: -- Multiplication and variation of colleges -- Early methods of instruction -- The elective struggle -- The period of fraternities and athletics -- The rise of universities in nineteenth-century America: -- The American state university -- The development of the graduate school -- Professional education -- The federal government and higher education -- Higher education in the twentieth century: -- Articulation of secondary and higher education -- Innovations in curriculum and methods -- The philosophy of higher education -- Academic freedom -- Reintegration of curriculum and extracurriculum -- Enlarging scope of the administration of higher education -- In perspective: -- The university transformed, 1975-1995 -- American higher education at the dawn of a new millenium -- Distinguishing features of American higher education.
- ISBN
- 1560009179
- 9781560009177
- LCCN
- 96053075
- OCLC
- ocm36085114
- 36085114
- SCSB-8896689
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library