Transforming campus culture : Frank Aydelotte's honors experiment at Swarthmore College / Ruth Shoemaker Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Ruth Shoemaker.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Honors courses--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Swarthmore College--Presidents--Biography.

Swarthmore College.

Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956.

Aydelotte, Frank.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark, DE : University of Delaware Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At a time when football and fraternities ruled the American campus, Frank Aydelotte shaped Swarthmore College into an intellectually-charged, academically-focused institution able to command national respect and financial support.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Aydelotte before Swarthmore His Early Educational Philosophies; LIFE BEFORE SWARTHMORE; AYDELOTTE'S CONVICTIONS ABOUT TEACHING ENGLISH; OXFORD INFLUENCES; INFLUENCES OF THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY MOVEMENT; AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION CONFRONTS SHIFTS IN STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS; RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOCRACY DEBATE; Chapter 2 Swarthmore College as Bully Pulpitto Advance National Reform; SIZE AND PERSONAL ATTENTION; QUAKER ROOTS; FACULTY AND BOARD COMMITMENT TO HONORS; SWARTHMORE HISTORY AND JOSEPH SWAIN

SWARTHMORE'S "PRECARIOUS" VALUESATTR ACT AYDELOTTEChapter 3 Honors at SwarthmoreA Dress Rehearsal for National Reform; GROWING NATIONAL INTEREST IN CURRICULAR EXPERIMENTATION; THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF HONORS AT SWARTHMORE; SHOULD HONORS BE UNIVERSAL?; BOARD CONCERNS ABOUT HONORS; RIPPLE EFFECTS BEYOND SWARTHMORE; INSIDER BIAS; CRITICISM; Chapter 4 Aydelotte Architects Model CampusCulture Sympathetic to Honors; CHANGES TO ADMISSIONS STANDARDS; FACULTY; SOCIAL LIFE AND ATHLETICS; WOMEN'S FRATERNITIES AT SWARTHMORE; WOODROW WILSON AND PRINCETON'S EATING CLUBS; ATHLETICS; ALUMNI REACTIONS

FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENTConclusion; End Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61149-766-3

1-280-65990-4

9786613636836

1-61149-372-2