The shaping of American higher education : (Record no. 38312)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780787910297
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng.
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 378.73
Item number COH-S
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Cohen, Arthur M.
Relator term author.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The shaping of American higher education :
Sub Title emergence and growth of the contemporary system /
Statement of responsibility, etc Arthur M. Cohen.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication San Francisco :
Name of publisher Jossey-Bass Publishers,
Year of publication 1998.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xiii, 495p.
Other physical details ill. ;
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-472) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Reading history," says Arthur Cohen, "is essential for those who would reform higher education." From the earliest American col- leges, debates have ranged over familiar issues in higher education: curriculum changes, facul ty selection and review, student admissions, and institutional funding. Yesterday's practices underlie today's problems even as the system continues evolving. How has this evolution taken place? And to what degree have things changed or remained the same?<br/><br/>In The Shaping of American Higher Education, Cohen combines historical perspective with in- depth coverage of current events to provide an authoritative, comprehensive account of the history of higher education in the United States. From the colonial era to the present day-and with particular attention to the past fifty years-the book tracks trends in student access, faculty professionalization, curricular expansion, institutional growth, secular gover- nance, public finance, research, and outcomes, placing them all in the context of contemporary society. Cohen organizes the book around a unique matrix of trends, topics, and eras that enables the reader either to proceed chapter by chapter through a chronological sequence of the entire history, or to easily follow a pre- ferred topic, such as faculty or curriculum, by reading only that specific section in each era.<br/><br/>While other books have detailed the early his- tory of the collegiate system, Cohen's work ful- fills the need for an up-to-date account of American higher education that emphasizes the post-World War II era. Cohen synthesizes prevailing views of earlier eras in order to establish a solid background for his extensive examination of the past fifty years.
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Language note English.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Education, Higher
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Universities and colleges
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision History.
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