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American higher education transformed, 1940-2005 : documenting the national discourse / edited by Wilson Smith and Thomas Bender.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--United States--History--20th century.
- Education, Higher.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 521 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Did urbanization kill communities in the 19th century, or even earlier? Many historians proclaim that it did, but author Bender says otherwise. Here he argues that community survived the trials of industrialization and urbanization and remains a fundamental element of American society.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The Terrain
- pt. 2. Expanding and reshaping
- pt. 3. Liberal Arts
- pt. 4. Graduate studies
- pt. 5. Disciplines and interdisciplinarity
- pt. 6. Academic profession
- pt. 7. Conflicts on and beyond campus
- pt. 8. Government, foundations, corporations
- pt. 9. The courts and equal educational opportunity
- pt. 10. Academic freedom
- pt. 11. Rights of students
- pt. 12. Academic administration.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780801886713
- 0801886716
- 9780801829246
- 0801829240
- OCLC:
- 84903405
- Publisher Number:
- 99939389148
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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