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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

oeSuperb. 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 (TM)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

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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) and Knowledge and Money: Research Universities and the Paradox of the Marketplace. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

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