American Higher Education in the Postwar Era, 1945-1970

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4128-6559-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 335 g

Reihe: Perspectives on the History of Higher Education

After World War II, returning veterans with GI Bill benefits ushered in an era of unprecedented growth that fundamentally altered the meaning, purpose, and structure of higher education. This volume explores the multifaceted and tumultuous transformation of American higher education that occurred between 1945 and 1970, while examining the changes in institutional forms, curricula, clientele, faculty, and governance. A wide range of well-known contributors cover topics such as the first public university to explicitly serve an urban population, the creation of modern day honors programs, how teachers’ colleges were repurposed as state colleges, the origins of faculty unionism and collective bargaining, and the dramatic student protests that forever changed higher education. This engaging text explores a critical moment in the history of higher education, signaling a shift in the meaning of a college education, the concept of who should and who could obtain access to college, and what should be taught.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Geiger, Roger L.

Sorber, Nathan M.

Anderson, Christian K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface

Introduction: American Higher Education in the Postwar Era,

1945-1970
Roger L. Geiger

The Surprising History of the Post-WWII State Teachers College
W. Bruce Leslie and Kenneth P. O’Brien

Education for Citizenship… Is Too Important to Leave to Chance":

John Allen and the University of South Florida, 1956-1970
Charles Dorn

The Reinvention of honors programs in American Higher Education,
1955-1965
Julianna K. Chaszar

Collective Bargaining and College Faculty: Illinois in the 1960s
Timothy Reese Cain

Brave Sons and Daughters True: 1960s Protests at "The Fundamentalist Harvard"
Adam Laats

The Student Protest Movement in the 1968 Era in 3 Acts: Inception, Confrontations, and Legacies
Roger L. Geiger

List of Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Roger L. Geiger is Distinguished Professor of Higher Education Emeritus at the Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Nathan M. Sorber is Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Center for the Future of Land-Grant Universities at West Virginia University, USA.

Christian K. Anderson is Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of South Carolina, USA.