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The Shaping of American Higher Education: Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System reviewed by John H. Schuh - April 16, 2008 Title: The Shaping of American Higher Education: Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System Author(s): Arthur M. Cohen Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco ISBN: 0787998265, Pages: 495, Year: 2007 Search for book at Amazon.com Professor Arthur Cohens history of higher education in the United States was released in hard cover in 1997 and subsequently has been published in paperback format. This history provides a comprehensive examination and analysis of the history of higher education in the US and differs substantially from other relatively recently published histories of higher education, including those of Lucas (1994) and Thelin (2004). Professor Cohen asserts, The book is useful as an overview for practitioners in all areas of higher education who can benefit from knowledge of broad currents affecting their work (p. ix). In that respect Professor Cohen is successful.
This volume uses a different historical and organizational taxonomy than those used in other treatments of US higher education. Professor Cohen identifies five historical periods for his analysis: 1636-1789, 1790-1869, 1870-1944, 1945-1975, and 1976-1998. This approach differs from Roger Geigers ten generations of American Higher Education (1999) or the eight... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- John Schuh
Iowa State University E-mail Author JOHN H. SCHUH is Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State University. Recent books include One Size Does Not Fit All (with Kathleen Manning and Jillian Kinzie [2006]), Student Success in College (with George D. Kuh, Jillian Kinzie and Elizabeth Whitt [2005]) and Assessing Conditions to Enhance Educational Effectiveness (with George D. Kuh, Jillian Kinzie and Elizabeth Whitt [2005]).
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