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Killing the spirit : higher education in America

Title
Killing the spirit : higher education in America / Page Smith.
Author
Smith, Page.
Publication
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1990.

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Description
xvii, 315 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Discusses the history and future of education in America, from its origins in Europe through its numerous stages of development.
Subject
  • Education, Higher > United States
  • Education, Higher > United States > History
  • 81.80 tertiary education
  • Education, Higher
  • Höheres Bildungswesen
  • Hochschulbildung
  • Geschichte
  • Hoger onderwijs
  • Higher education > United States > History
  • United States
  • USA
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History (form)
Contents
Mapping the desert -- Beginning -- New republic -- Emergence of the university -- State universities -- Growing pains -- Education of women -- War between science and religion -- Ph. D and tenure -- Higher education in the twentieth century -- General education/western civilization -- Revolt of the youth -- Publish or perish -- Teaching -- Social nonsciences -- Inhuman humanities -- Women's studies -- Reviving the spirit.
ISBN
  • 0670828173
  • 9780670828173
LCCN
89040333
OCLC
  • ocm20055967
  • 20055967
  • SCSB-8892535
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library