The History of American Higher Education: Learning and Culture from the Founding to World War II (The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education)

By Roger L. Geiger.

The History of American Higher Education: Learning and Culture from the Founding to World War II (The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education)

Description

This book tells the compelling saga of American higher education from the founding of Harvard College in 1636 to the outbreak of World War II. The most in-depth and authoritative history of the subject available, The History of American Higher Education traces how colleges and universities were shaped by the shifting influences of culture, the emergence of new career opportunities, and the unrelenting advancement of knowledge.Roger Geiger, arguably today's leading historian of American higher education, vividly describes how colonial colleges developed a unified yet diverse educational...

ISBN(s)

0691173060, 9780691173061

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