| Edition |
Revised and enlarged. |
| Description |
vii, 529 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The colonial college. Beginnings -- Early Patterns of Organization and administration -- Early student life -- pt. 2. Nineteenth--century innovations in the colonial college. Multiplication and variation of colleges -- Early methods of instruction -- The elective struggle -- The period of fraternities and athlethics -- pt. 3. 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 -- pt. 4. Higher education in the twentieth century. Articulation of secondary and higher education -- Innovations in curriculum methods -- The philosophy of liberal education -- Academic freedom -- Reintegration of curriculum and extracurriculum -- Enlarging scope of the administration of higher education -- pt. 5. In perspective. Distinguishing features of American higher education. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 407-508). |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Education, Higher.
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Rudy, Willis, 1920- author.
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