Liberalizing the mind : two centuries of liberal education at Franklin & Marshall College Sally F. Griffith

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffith, Sally Foreman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin and Marshall College--History.

Franklin and Marshall College.

Education, Humanistic--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--History.

Education, Humanistic.

Education, Higher--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--History.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

x, 502 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.

Summary:

"A narrative history of Franklin & Marshall College. Combines analysis of historical context and institutional development with accounts of the college during crucial periods such as the Civil War and the 1960s"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Mind awakening mind: a college and its mission

Franklin College: "to make good men and useful citizens"

Marshall College: Christian bildung on the frontier

Early Franklin & Marshall: upholding tradition and classical education

A modern awakening: negotiating change in the 1890s

Liberal culture in service of efficiency, 1900-1918

Building a greater Franklin & Marshall, 1919-1934

The college in depression and war, 1935-1946

The academic revolution: setting the stage, 1946-1956

Academic revolution meets counter-revolution, 1956-1962

Academic revolution meets the sixties revolt, 1962-1968

Reasoning with the whirlwind, 1968-1970

Retrenchment and reassessment, 1970-1982

Enriching liberal education, 1983-2002.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Sally Griffith also wrote the (2nd) history of HSP: Serving History in a Changing World.

ISBN:

9780271037233 (cloth : alk. paper)

0271037237 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

612347615