The American College and University: A History
A American History, Teaching, Academic book. Absolutely a phenomenal book. Seminal in every way, this text should...
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...
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- Pages: 616 pages
- ISBN: 9780820312842 / 820312843
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Absolutely a phenomenal book. Seminal in every way, this text should be read by every collegiate administrator, every professor, every student studying higher education administration in graduate school. Rudolph wrote this fifty years ago and it rarely, if ever, seems dated. His research is incredible, but the true challenge with history... For a book on history, pretty good and engaging. Good choice for class. This definitely an esoteric work. In other words, the only reason anyone would find this read enjoyable is if they are involved with post-secondary education in more than a tangential way. Most students in the university setting will have too much other work to do to want to read this. It was a good read for me-- but then, I'm just...
