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Title: American Higher Education: A History by Christopher J. Lucas ISBN: 0-312-12945-9 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good, but not great, history of American colleges
Comment: Lucas provides a brief overview of highlights in American college history but he fails to go into enough depth on most topics. There are a number of minor irritations as well, such as the inaccurate index. Three excellent texts to consider instead are: "The American College and University, A History" by Frederick Rudolph; "Higher Education in Transition, A History of American Colleges and Universities" by Brubacher and Rudy; and the two volume collection "American Higher Education, A Documentary History" edited by Hofstadter and Smith.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very Readable
Comment: I used this book as one of the required textbooks in a graduate course on the history of higher education. The book does a good job of providing background beginning with the earliest recorded evidence of higher education through the late 20th century. As a class text, I found the book to be very useful for the generation of discussion.
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Title: American College and University: A History by Frederick Rudolph ISBN: 0820312843 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Shaping of American Higher Education : Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System by Arthur M. Cohen ISBN: 0787910295 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 23 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Emergence of the American University by Lawrence Veysey ISBN: 0226854566 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1965 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: How Colleges Work : The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership by Robert Birnbaum ISBN: 155542354X Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 15 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Rise of Universities by C.H. Haskins ISBN: 0801490154 Publisher: Cornell University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1957 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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