Generational Conflict and University Reform

Oxford in the Age of Revolution
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-22552-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 31/8, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: History of Science and Medicine Library / Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions

This book offers a fresh interpretation of a series of ground-breaking reforms introduced at the University of Oxford in the first half of the nineteenth century. Innovations such as competitive examination, a uniform syllabus and a broad range of degree subjects are often seen as products of the reforming zeal of early nineteenth-century Britain. By contrast, this book argues that many such developments are more accurately understood as attempts by senior university members and government officials to respond to the challenge posed by a new generation of confident, politically-aware students influenced by the ideas of the American and French Revolutions. As such it highlights the importance of generational conflict as a factor influencing the nature and course of university reform.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in intellectual history, the history of higher education and the history of science as well as social and cultural historians of Britain and historians of revolution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ellis, Heather

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Generational Conflict and University Reform

1. Riot, Revolution and ‘Reform’ in the Colleges, 1714-1789
The ‘New Independent Student’ and Meritocratic Reform at Cambridge
Riots at Oxford and the Threat of a Royal Visitation
Reaction at Oxford and ‘Reform’ of the Syllabus
Religious Dissent and the Impact of the American Revolution

2. ‘Adapted to the Present Times’? The New Examination Statute of 1800
The Impact of the French Revolution
The New Examination System: The Statutes of 1800, 1807 and 1808
The Reception of the New System
The Spectre of Junior Rebellion
The University’s Response to its Critics

3. The Emergence of a Junior Reform Programme, 1807-1823
Growing Undergraduate Resentment, 1807-1816
The Beginnings of Junior Participation in the Reform Debate, 1817-1818
After the “Oxford Spy”: Student Journalism and Generational Revolt

4. Noetics, Tractarians and the Peak of Junior Influence, 1824-1836
The Statute of 1824: The Beginnings of a Conservative Consensus
The Emergence of A Noetic Reform Programme
Back to School: The Failure of Noetic Reform and the Rise of Tractarianism

5. Defensive Modernization: The Tractarian Threat and the Royal Commission of 1850
“A Dangerous and Successful Conspiracy”
Reform within Oxford
The Royal Commission of 1850
Reactions to the Commissioners’ Report

Conclusion
Works cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ellis, Heather
Heather Ellis completed her DPhil in History at the University of Oxford (2009) and is currently Lecturer in British History at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She has published widely on the history of higher education and masculinity in nineteenth-century Britain.