A History of American Higher Education / Edition 2

A History of American Higher Education / Edition 2

by John R. Thelin
ISBN-10:
142140267X
ISBN-13:
9781421402673
Pub. Date:
11/15/2011
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10:
142140267X
ISBN-13:
9781421402673
Pub. Date:
11/15/2011
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
A History of American Higher Education / Edition 2

A History of American Higher Education / Edition 2

by John R. Thelin

Paperback

$28.0 Current price is , Original price is $28.0. You
$28.00 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores
  • SHIP THIS ITEM

    Temporarily Out of Stock Online

    Please check back later for updated availability.


Overview

Colleges and universities are among the most cherished—and controversial—institutions in the United States. In this updated edition of A History of American Higher Education, John R. Thelin offers welcome perspective on the triumphs and crises of this highly influential sector in American life.

Thelin’s work has distinguished itself as the most wide-ranging and engaging account of the origins and evolution of America's institutions of higher learning. This edition brings the discussion of perennial hot-button issues such as big-time sports programs up to date and addresses such current areas of contention as the changing role of governing boards and the financial challenges posed by the economic downturn.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781421402673
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2011
Edition description: second edition
Pages: 504
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

John R. Thelin is University Research Professor and a member of the Educational Policy Studies Department at the University of Kentucky. His many books include Games Colleges Play: Scandal and Reform in Intercollegiate Athletics, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsix
Introduction: Historians and Higher Educationxiii
1Colleges in the Colonial Era1
2Creating the "American Way" in Higher Education: College-Building, 1785 to 186041
3Diversity and Adversity: Resilience in American Higher Education, 1860 to 189074
4Captains of Industry and Erudition: University-Builders, 1880 to 1910110
5Alma Mater: America Goes to College, 1890 to 1920155
6Success and Excess: Expansion and Reforms in Higher Education, 1920 to 1945205
7Gilt by Association: Higher Education's "Golden Age," 1945 to 1970260
8Coming of Age in America: Higher Education as a Troubled Giant, 1970 to 2000317
Notes363
Essay on Sources393
Index409

What People are Saying About This

Michael A. Olivas

The thing about any John Thelin book—including this timely revision of his masterwork—is that it will be deeply researched, thoughtfully organized, and beautifully written. His synthetic range of resources is astounding, and you can almost taste the popcorn at the football games and touch the ivy on the buildings.

Linda Eisenmann

In this new edition, Thelin masterfully examines continuities and challenges across centuries of American higher education, exploring purposes, access, funding, governance, equity, and student life. He concludes by probing how twenty-first-century economic, demographic, and legal developments are affecting—and sometimes unsettling—basic institutional principles and commitments.

Thomas G. Dyer

This is a splendid book, by far the best to appear on the subject since the 1962 publication of Frederick Rudolph's The American College and University: A History. John Thelin's work will supplant Rudolph's as the dominant overview of the history of American higher education. Comprehensive but not encyclopedic, Thelin's account is interspersed with lively anecdotes and a creative emphasis on cultural history that will keep the attention of readers. It is a tour de force.

Thomas G. Dyer, University of Georgia

Bruce A. Kimball

John Thelin's new edition of his comprehensive and balanced history of American higher education makes an important contribution to students and to scholars. Culminating in his new chapter on the 2010s, this is the most up-to-date such history now available.

Marybeth Gasman

John Thelin's A History of American Higher Education sets the foundation for discussions of colleges and universities in the United States. Thelin has spent years delving into archives and engaging literature to tell a fascinating and lively story of higher education. His humor, engaging writing, and vast knowledge make history come alive for the readers and he pushes them to consider the historical foundations of the current issues, scandals, challenges, and successes within the higher education context.

From the Publisher

The thing about any John Thelin book—including this timely revision of his masterwork—is that it will be deeply researched, thoughtfully organized, and beautifully written. His synthetic range of resources is astounding, and you can almost taste the popcorn at the football games and touch the ivy on the buildings.
—Michael A. Olivas, University of Houston Law Center, author of Suing Alma Mater: Higher Education and the Courts

John Thelin's new edition of his comprehensive and balanced history of American higher education makes an important contribution to students and to scholars. Culminating in his new chapter on the 2010s, this is the most up-to-date such history now available.
—Bruce A. Kimball, Ohio State University, author of The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Documentary History

John Thelin's A History of American Higher Education sets the foundation for discussions of colleges and universities in the United States. Thelin has spent years delving into archives and engaging literature to tell a fascinating and lively story of higher education. His humor, engaging writing, and vast knowledge make history come alive for the readers and he pushes them to consider the historical foundations of the current issues, scandals, challenges, and successes within the higher education context.
—Marybeth Gasman, University of Pennsylvania, coauthor of Educating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority-Serving Institutions

In this new edition, Thelin masterfully examines continuities and challenges across centuries of American higher education, exploring purposes, access, funding, governance, equity, and student life. He concludes by probing how twenty-first-century economic, demographic, and legal developments are affecting—and sometimes unsettling—basic institutional principles and commitments.
—Linda Eisenmann, Wheaton College, author of Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945–1965

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews