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Making Harvard Modern - The Rise of America's University (Paperback, Updated Edition)
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Making Harvard Modern - The Rise of America's University (Paperback, Updated Edition)
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Early twentieth-century Harvard was the country's oldest and
richest university, but not necessarily its outstanding one. By the
century's end, it was widely regarded as the nation's and the
world's leading institution of higher education. With verve, humor,
and insight, Morton and Phyllis Keller tell the story of that rise:
a tale of compelling personalities, notable achievement, and no
less notable academic pratfalls. Their book is based on rich and
revealing archival materials, interviews, and personal experience.
The Kellers begin in 1933, when James Bryant Conant became
Harvard's president and set out to change a Brahmin-dominated
university into a meritocratic one, and they shed light on the
presidencies of Nathan Marsh Pusey, Derek Bok, and Neil Rudenstine.
The Kellers cover such events as the campus turbulence of the
1960s, show how the university gradually opened its foors to
growing numbers of foreign students, women, African- and Asian -
Americans, and Hispanics, and examine the debates over authors
feature a new chapter on the controversial presidency of Lawrence
Summers, who put Harvard into the national spotlight during his
reign, and the abolition of early admissions, which began to change
university policies nationwide. The Kellers will draw on archival
materials, newspaper articles, and an interview with Summers. The
book will appear in time for Class Day in June. Making Harvard
Modern is a candid, richly detailed portrait of America's most
prominent university from 1933 to the present: seven decades of
dramatic change. This fascinating account, the first comprehensive
history of a modern American university, is essential reading for
anyone with an interest in the present state and future course of
higher education.
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