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Author: Roger L. Geiger
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691216928
ISBN 10: 0691216924
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 25 May 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A comprehensive historical account . . . well written, copiously footnoted and makes for an accessible read.---David Wheeler, Times Higher Education Roger Geiger is the preeminent historian of American higher education and this book shows why. By absorbing the lessons of this authoritative and panoramic volume, we may find the wisdom to build on the accomplishments of the scientific and scholarly disciplines while treating the distempers that threaten higher education's further progress.--Steven Brint, author of Two Cheers for Higher Education: Why American Universities Are Stronger Than Ever--and How to Meet the Challenges They Face Superb. Readers looking for insight into why the American higher education system developed the way it did will be rewarded by spending time with this erudite and important book. --Christopher P. Loss, author of Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century
"A comprehensive historical account . . . well written, copiously footnoted and makes for an accessible read.---David Wheeler, Times Higher Education Roger Geiger is the preeminent historian of American higher education and this book shows why. By absorbing the lessons of this authoritative and panoramic volume, we may find the wisdom to build on the accomplishments of the scientific and scholarly disciplines while treating the distempers that threaten higher education's further progress.--Steven Brint, author of Two Cheers for Higher Education: Why American Universities Are Stronger Than Ever--and How to Meet the Challenges They Face ""Superb. Readers looking for insight into why the American higher education system developed the way it did will be rewarded by spending time with this erudite and important book.""--Christopher P. Loss, author of Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century"
Superb. Readers looking for insight into why the American higher education system developed the way it did will be rewarded by spending time with this erudite and important book. --Christopher P. Loss, author of Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century Roger Geiger is the preeminent historian of American higher education and this book shows why. By absorbing the lessons of this authoritative and panoramic volume, we may find the wisdom to build on the accomplishments of the scientific and scholarly disciplines while treating the distempers that threaten higher education's further progress.--Steven Brint, author of Two Cheers for Higher Education: Why American Universities Are Stronger Than Ever--and How to Meet the Challenges They Face A comprehensive historical account . . . well written, copiously footnoted and makes for an accessible read.---David Wheeler, Times Higher Education
Author Information
Roger L. Geiger is Distinguished Professor of Higher Education Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University. His books include The History of American Higher Education: Learning and Culture from the Founding to World War II (Princeton).
