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Author : Frederick Rudolph
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0820342572

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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 : John W. Boyer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226242651

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The University of Chicago by John W. Boyer Pdf

One of the most influential institutions of higher learning in the world, the University of Chicago has a powerful and distinct identity, and its name is synonymous with intellectual rigor. With nearly 170,000 alumni living and working in more than 150 countries, its impact is far-reaching and long-lasting. With The University of Chicago: A History, John W. Boyer, Dean of the College since 1992, presents a deeply researched and comprehensive history of the university. Boyer has mined the archives, exploring the school’s complex and sometimes controversial past to set myth and hearsay apart from fact. The result is a fascinating narrative of a legendary academic community, one that brings to light the nature of its academic culture and curricula, the experience of its students, its engagement with Chicago’s civic community, and the conditions that have enabled the university to survive and sustain itself through decades of change. Boyer’s extensive research shows that the University of Chicago’s identity is profoundly interwoven with its history, and that history is unique in the annals of American higher education. After a little-known false start in the mid-nineteenth century, it achieved remarkable early successes, yet in the 1950s it faced a collapse of undergraduate enrollment, which proved fiscally debilitating for decades. Throughout, the university retained its fierce commitment to a distinctive, intense academic culture marked by intellectual merit and free debate, allowing it to rise to international acclaim. Today it maintains a strong obligation to serve the larger community through its connections to alumni, to the city of Chicago, and increasingly to its global community. Published to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the university, this must-have reference will appeal to alumni and anyone interested in the history of higher education of the United States.

Author : John Brubacher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 953 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351515764

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Higher Education in Transition by John Brubacher Pdf

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.

Author : Robin Darwall-Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015077654567

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A History of University College, Oxford by Robin Darwall-Smith Pdf

This is the first history in over a century of what is arguably Oxford's oldest College. As one of the few organizations in the UK whose history goes back so far, this is an account of the College from its origins over seven and a half centuries ago to the present day.

Author : Martin L. Friedland
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442615366

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The University of Toronto by Martin L. Friedland Pdf

Anyone who attended the University or who is interested in the growth of Canada's intellectual heritage will enjoy this compelling and magisterial history.

Author : Donovan Williams
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 077347398X

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A History of the University College of Fort Hare, South Africa, the 1950s by Donovan Williams Pdf

This book examines how staff and students opposed the legislation to place the college under government control and reduce its staff to civil servants. The affairs of the college are discussed against the background of rapidly changing conditions in South Africa, with campus disturbances and protests sometimes linked to the wider application of apartheid."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : George Dyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858020311449

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History of the university and colleges of Cambridge by George Dyer Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10678580

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A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings by Anonim Pdf

Author : T. Bevis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230609754

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International Students in American Colleges and Universities by T. Bevis Pdf

A fascinating and important history of foreign students in American higher education. The book will have appeal to specialists in student services, but also to the thousands of faculty members responsible for teaching and mentoring foreign students.

Author : Walter H. Johns
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0888640579

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A History of the University of Alberta, 1908-1969 by Walter H. Johns Pdf

Author : John R. Thelin
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421402666

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A History of American Higher Education by John R. Thelin Pdf

Colleges and universities are among the most cherished—and controversial—institutions in the United States. In this updated edition of A History of American Higher Education, John R. Thelin offers welcome perspective on the triumphs and crises of this highly influential sector in American life. Thelin’s work has distinguished itself as the most wide-ranging and engaging account of the origins and evolution of America's institutions of higher learning. This edition brings the discussion of perennial hot-button issues such as big-time sports programs up to date and addresses such current areas of contention as the changing role of governing boards and the financial challenges posed by the economic downturn.

Author : John Seiler Brubacher,Willis Rudy
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015038928100

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Higher Education in Transition by John Seiler Brubacher,Willis Rudy Pdf

Author : New York Chamber of Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015073313424

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Annual Banquet by New York Chamber of Commerce Pdf

Author : Sharon Crowley
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0822971909

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Composition in the University by Sharon Crowley Pdf

Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. Crowley argues that due to its association with literary studies in English departments, composition instruction has been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy and that modern humanism is not a satisfactory rationale for the study of writing. Crowley envisions possible nonhumanist rationales that could be developed for vertical curricula in writing instruction, were the universal requirement not in place. Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. According to Sharon Crowley, the required composition course has never been conceived in the way that other introductory courses have been--as an introduction to the principles and practices of a field of study. Rather it has been constructed throughout much of its history as a site from which larger educational and ideological agendas could be advanced, and such agendas have not always served the interests of students or teachers, even though they are usually touted as programs of study that students "need." If there is a master narrative of the history of composition, it is told in the institutional attitude that has governed administration, design, and staffing of the course from its beginnings--the attitude that the universal requirement is in place in order to construct docile academic subjects. Crowley argues that due to its association with literary studies in English departments, composition instruction has been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy and that modern humanism is not a satisfactory rationale for the study of writing. She examines historical attempts to reconfigure the required course in nonhumanist terms, such as the advent of communications studies during the 1940s. Crowley devotes two essays to this phenomenon, concentrating on the furor caused by the adoption of a communications program at the University of Iowa. Composition in the University concludes with a pair of essays that argue against maintenance of the universal requirement. In the last of these, Crowley envisions possible nonhumanist rationales that could be developed for vertical curricula in writing instruction, were the universal requirement not in place. Crowley presents her findings in a series of essays because she feels the history of the required composition course cannot easily be understood as a coherent narrative since understandings of the purpose of the required course have altered rapidly from decade to decade, sometimes in shockingly sudden and erratic fashion. The essays in this book are informed by Crowley's long career of teaching composition, administering a composition program, and training teachers of the required introductory course. The book also draw on experience she gained while working with committees formed by the Conference on College Composition and Communication toward implementation of the Wyoming Resolution, an attempt to better the working conditions of post-secondary teachers of writing.

Author : Frederick Rudolph
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Universities and colleges
ISBN : UOM:39015000083868

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The American College and University by Frederick Rudolph Pdf