Change in Early Nineteenth-Century Higher Education in New York's Capital District

by Richard Ognibene (Editor)

Overview

This book describes the emergence of a varied collection of higher education institutionsing New York's Capital District, the cities of Albany, Troy, and Schenectady, primarily during the period from 1790 to the 1850s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433134586
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	11/10/2017
Series:	History of Schools and Schooling , #61
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Ognibene received an Ed.D. in history of education from the University of Rochester. He taught most recently at Seton Hall University and Siena College. Ognibene is editor of A Persistent Reformer: Jonathan Kozol's Work to Promote Equality in America and author of several chapters related to contemporary school reform.

Table of Contents

Richard Ognibene: Preface – Richard Ognibene: Nineteenth-Century Schools in New York’s Capital District: An Overview – Richard Ognibene: Union: The Origin and Development of a Successful Antebellum College – John T. McClintock: Albany’s Academies – Trudy J. Hanmer: Emma Hart Willard’s Troy Female Seminary: "The Companions, not the Satellites of Men" – S. Michael Halloran: RPI, Originally The Rensselaer School – Ralph DiMarino: Staffing the Common School: The New York State Normal School in Albany – Vincent P. Verdile/Alan S. Boulos/A. John Popp: Emerging Professional Education: Albany Medical College – Robert Emery: Emerging Professional Education: Albany Law School.