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    A history of American higher education / John R. Thelin.

    By: Thelin, John R, 1947-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxx, 466 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9781421402666 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1421402661 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781421402673 (pbk. : alk. paper); 142140267X (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Education, Higher -- United States -- History | Universities and colleges -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 378.73 LOC classification: LA226 | .T45 2011
    Contents:
    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.
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    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.

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