Sorber Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt

The Origins of the Morrill Act and the Reform of Higher Education
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5017-0973-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

SorberNathan M.: Nathan M. Sorber is Assistant Professor of Higher Education and the Director of the Center for the Future of Land-Grant Education at West Virginia University. He is the co-author of Land-Grant Colleges and the Reshaping of American Higher Education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sorber, Nathan M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction: Reconsidering the Origins and Early Years of the Land-Grant Colleges
1. Experimentation in Antebellum Higher Education
2. Justin Morrill, the Land-Grant Act of 1862, and the Birth of the Land-Grant Colleges
3. The Land-Grant Reformation
4. The New Middle Class and the State College Ideal
5. Progressivism and the Rise of Extension
6. Coeducation and Land-Grant Women
Conclusion: Land-Grant Memories, Legacies, and Horizons
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

SorberNathan M.:
Nathan M. Sorber is Assistant Professor of Higher Education and the Director of the Center for the Future of Land-Grant Education at West Virginia University. He is the co-author of Land-Grant Colleges and the Reshaping of American Higher Education.