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Wisdom's Workshop - The Rise of the Modern University (Paperback)
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Wisdom's Workshop - The Rise of the Modern University (Paperback)
Series: The William G. Bowen Series
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An essential history of the modern research university When
universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described
them as "wisdom's special workshop." He could not have foreseen how
far these institutions would travel and develop. Tracing the
eight-hundred-year evolution of the elite research university from
its roots in medieval Europe to its remarkable incarnation today,
Wisdom's Workshop places this durable institution in sweeping
historical perspective. In particular, James Axtell focuses on the
ways that the best American universities took on Continental
influences, developing into the finest expressions of the modern
university and enviable models for kindred institutions worldwide.
Despite hand-wringing reports to the contrary, the venerable
university continues to renew itself, becoming ever more
indispensable to society in the United States and beyond. Born in
Europe, the university did not mature in America until the late
nineteenth century. Once its heirs proliferated from coast to
coast, their national role expanded greatly during World War II and
the Cold War. Axtell links the legacies of European universities
and Tudor-Stuart Oxbridge to nine colonial and hundreds of
pre-Civil War colleges, and delves into how U.S. universities were
shaped by Americans who studied in German universities and adapted
their discoveries to domestic conditions and goals. The graduate
school, the PhD, and the research imperative became and remain the
hallmarks of the American university system and higher education
institutions around the globe. A rich exploration of the historical
lineage of today's research universities, Wisdom's Workshop
explains the reasons for their ascendancy in America and their
continued international preeminence.
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