Burton R . Clark and Martin Trow , Determinants of Collegiate Subcultures ( Berkeley : Center for Research and Development in Higher Education , 1967 ) ; Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz , Campus Life : Undergraduate Cultures from the End of ...
Anyone studying the history of this institution in America must read Thelin's classic text, which has distinguished itself as the most wide-ranging and engaging account of the origins and evolution of America's institutions of higher ...
Margaret Rossiter's Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940(1982) documents the syndromeof ... seminal work ona large, complex eraand topicinher book, Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945–1965.
In this updated edition of A History of American Higher Education, John R. Thelin offers welcome perspective on the triumphs and crises of this highly influential sector in American life.
" -- Education Review "A readable and concise introduction to this subject, it propels audience members to develop an appreciation for the heterogeneous... academe story as a whole" -- Teachers College Record
In A History of American Higher Education, Thelin offers a wide-ranging and engaging account of the origins and evolution of America's public and private colleges and universities, emphasizing the notion of saga—the proposition that ...
In this updated edition of A History of American Higher Education, John R. Thelin offers welcome perspective on the triumphs and crises of this highly influential sector in American life.
A History of American Higher Education