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A work that can truly be described as an underground masterpiece,
Sears' Philanthropy in the History of American Higher Education was
written as a dissertation seventy years ago, and subsequently
published as a "Bulletin" by the United States Bureau of Education
in 1922. It has been much spoken of and little read since then. As
Roger L. Geiger points out in his new opening essay, this volume
can still be read with wide interest and great profit. This is a
tribute to the quality of mind and diligence of its author. The
special quality of this volume is its close connection of
educational philosophies of the past linked firmly to the
educational philanthropies of the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. The scope of coverage is broad-ranging: from the great
universities to the manual labor colleges. But it is more than
quantitative research that the reader will find. For Sears, from
start to finish, while appreciating the benefits which foundations
bestow, fully appreciated the continuing risks of such outside
support. For Sears, the overwhelming impulse of philanthropy has
been the encouragement of the public good, or at least the support
of a healthy notoriety for the donors and recipients alike. But he
also notes that a democratic society must never be expected to take
massive gifts on faith. He urged that even a "grain of danger"
should be weeded out if it carries with it the potential for the
bias and special interest. This edition is graced by a fine essay
that gives a deep background to the life and work of Jesse Brundage
Sears. It covers his origins in rural Missouri, his move to
Stanford University and work for Ellwood P. Cubberly, and his later
work on the history of philanthropy. For individuals interested in
the history of education, the structure of financing higher
education, and the data on which social policy has been made, this
will be indispensable reading. Roger L. Geiger, author of the
recently published work, To Advance Knowledge: The Growth of
American Research Universities, 1900-1940 and other works in
education at The Pennsylvania State University. This volume is the
twelfth volume in the Transaction Studies in Philanthropy and
Society edited by Richard Magat of The Foundation Center.
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