02761cam a2200457Ma 4500 74193 20230410123918.0 060801s2006 nyu 000 0 eng d 2005056468 (OCoLC)ocm62741503 DLC DLC YDX BAKER IG# YDXCP BTCTA MUQ TSU W2U TTU GEBAY CTB 1403972893 (pbk.) 9781403972897 (pbk.) IG# 1403972893 YDXCP 2256032 NZ1 10806100 AU@ 000040051260 IG# 9781403972897 GEBAY 9457397 (OCoLC)62741503 pcc n-us--- LA 226 L933a 2006 378.73/09 GRAL Lucas, Christopher J. American higher education : a history / Christopher J. Lucas. 2a ed New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. xiii, 397 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-389) and index. Part 1. Historical Origins and Antecedents -- Higher Learning in Antiquity -- From Cathedral Church Schools to Universities -- Post-Medieval Academe: Evolution and Estrangement -- Part 2. American Higher Education: The Formative Period -- The American Colonial and Antebellum College -- The Evolving American University -- Part 3. American Higher Education: Maturation and Development -- American Academe in the Early Twentieth Century -- Postwar Higher Learning in America -- Part 4. Contemporary Challenges and Issues -- Another Season of Discontent: The Critics -- dt Epilogue: In Historical Retrospect. The roots of controversy surrounding higher education in the US extend deep into the past. This original, incisive history goes far in offering a needed sense of perspective on current debates over such issues as access, costs, academic quality, social equity, and curricula. Eminently readable and always lively, this timely historical account is sure to be an invaluable resource for assessing the present condition and future prospects of American colleges and universities. Education, Higher United States History. Educación, Superior - Estados Unidos - Historia Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2005056468-b.html Contributor biographical information Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2005056468-d.html Publisher description Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2005056468-t.html Table of contents lcc bk C0 DRFGD 68105 68105 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 LA 226 L933a 2006 00000063330 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk