Higher education in transition : a history of American colleges and universities /: a history of American colleges and universities. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John S. Brubacher & Willis Rudy ; with new chapters by Willis Rudy.
• Other Names: Brubacher, John S (John Seiler), 1898-1988; Rudy, Willis, 1920-
• Contents: The colonial college: -- Beginnings -- Early patterns of organization and administration -- Early student life -- Nineteenth-century innovations in the colonial college: -- Multiplication and variation of colleges -- Early methods of instruction -- The elective struggle -- The period of fraternities and athletics -- The rise of universities in nineteenth-century America: -- The American state university -- The development of the graduate school -- Professional education -- The federal government and higher education -- Higher education in the twentieth century: -- Articulation of secondary and higher education -- Innovations in curriculum and methods -- The philosophy of higher education -- Academic freedom -- Reintegration of curriculum and extracurriculum -- Enlarging scope of the administration of higher education -- In perspective: -- The university transformed, 1975-1995 -- American higher education at the down of a new millenium -- Distinguishing features of American higher education.
• Edition: 4th ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (564 pages)
• Subjects: 378.73; Education, Higher -- United States -- History; Universities and colleges -- United States -- History; Educación superior -- Estados Unidos -- Historia; Universidades -- Estados Unidos -- Historia; Education, Higher; Universities and colleges; Hoger onderwijs; Geschichte; Höheres Bildungswesen; College; Universität; College; Universität; United States; USA; USA; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351515771; 1351515772
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.