TY - BOOK AU - Thelin,John R. TI - A history of American higher education SN - 9781421402666 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - LA226 .T45 2011 U1 - 378.73 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Education, Higher KW - United States KW - History KW - Universities and colleges N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-451) and index; Colleges in the colonial era -- Creating the "American way" in higher education: college building, 1785 to 1860 -- Diversity and adversity: resilience in American higher education, 1860 to 1890 -- Captains of industry and erudition: university-builders, 1890 to 1910 -- Alma mater: America goes to college, 1890 to 1920 -- Success and excess: expansions and reforms in higher education, 1920 to 1945 -- Gilt by association: higher education's "golden age," 1945 to 1970 -- Coming of age in America: higher education as a troubled giant, 1970 to 2000 -- A new life begins?: reconfiguring American higher education in the 21st century ER -