Institutional Effectiveness
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Institutional Effectiveness
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HISTORY OF AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION AHRD 670 FALL SEMESTER, 1999 SEPTEMBER 6, 13, and 20 Desired Learning Outcomes - Students will be able to compare and contrast summaries of the seven major periods of American Higher Education as identified by the Instructor. The summary of each period will include the primary purposes of higher education, key individuals, the descriptors and names of noteworthy institutions, the types of students educated, the curriculum, the roles of the faculty and the administration, characteristics of student life, and the role of government. Students will also be able to list distinguishing characteristics of American Higher Education. Required Student Activity Two or more students will be responsible for a 75-minute oral presentation and paper on one of the seven periods. References are available in room 106 of Alumnae Hall from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on days that University offices are open. Presentations should address all of the points in the desired learning outcomes and include relevant points and names from the list below. Written papers are due the week after the oral presentation. At the conclusion of the presentations, the class will compile one list of distinguishing characteristics of American Higher Education. Major Periods Important Points Carnegie Commission on Higher EducationChataugua Movement Dartmouth Case Free University Great Books Lernfreiheit and Lehrfreihart Medieval Contributions Morrill Acts Oxford and Cambridge Serviceman's Readjustment Act Statement on Academic Freedom and Tenure Student Activism Trivium and Quadrivium Truman Commission Report Wingspread Report Wisconsin Idea
People AristotleJames B. Angell John Dewey W.E.B. DuBois Charles W. Eliot Abraham Flexner Daniel Coit Gilman Robert Maynard Hutchins Clark Kerr John Newman Plato Benjamin Rush Henry Tappan George Tickner Booker T. Washington Francis Wayland Andrew White References Brubacher, J.S. and W. Rudy. (1997). Higher education in transition. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. (4th ed.). Cohen, A.M. (1998). The shaping of American higher education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc. Goodchild, L.F. and H.S. Wechsler. (1989). The history of higher education. ASHE Reader Series. Needham Heights, MA: Ginn Press. Hofstadter, R. and W. Smith. (1961). American higher education: A documentary history. Chicago: University of Chicago. (Volumes 1 and 2). Lucas, C.J. (1994). American higher education: A history. New York: St. Martin's Press. Rudolph, F. (1990). The American college and university: A history. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. (2nd ed.). |
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