This latest volume in Roger Geiger's distinguished series on the
history of higher education begins with a rare glimpse into the
minds of mid-nineteenth century collegians. Timothy J. Williams
mines the diaries of students at the University of North Carolina
to unearth a not unexpected preoccupation with sex, but also a
complex psychological context for those feelings. Marc A.
VanOverbeke continues the topic in an essay shedding new light on a
fundamental change ushering in the university era: the transition
from high schools to college.The secularization of the curriculum
is a fundamental feature of the emergence of the modern university.
Katherine V. Sedgwick explores a distinctive manifestation by
questioning why the curriculum of Bryn Mawr College did not refl
ect the religious intentions of its Quaker founder and trustees.
Secularization is examined more broadly by W. Bruce Leslie, who
shows how denominational faith ceded its ascendancy to
"Pan-Protestantism."Where does the record of contemporary events
end and the study of history begin? A new collection of documents
from World War II to the present invites Roger Geiger's refl ection
on this question, as well as consideration of the most signifi cant
trends of the postwar era. Educators chafi ng under current attacks
on higher education may take solace or dismay from the essay
"Shaping a Century of Criticism" in which Katherine Reynolds
Chaddock and James M. Wallace explore H. L. Mencken's writings,
which address enduring issues and debates on the meaning and means
of American higher education.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Perspectives on the History of Higher Education |
| Release date: |
October 2017 |
| First published: |
2009 |
| Editors: |
Roger L. Geiger
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
166 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-52188-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Philosophy of education
|
| LSN: |
1-138-52188-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781138521889 |
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