The Shaping of American Higher Education: Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System

Schuh,John

Topics

AdministrationViolenceSupervisionLeadership

Adult EducationCorp. Training and Continuing Ed.LiteracyTransformative Learning

Assessment & EvaluationProgram EvaluationAlternative AssessmentGradingStandardized Testing

Social ContextHistory of SchoolingPhilosophyUrban EducationEconomics and School-to-workRural EducationSociology of EducationWar and EducationPost-Industrial Education

CounselingSecondary SchoolsCollege Advising

CurriculumControlArtsSocial StudiesHealth and NutritionLanguage ArtsMathematicsPeace StudiesScience

DiversityRace and EthnicityAt-Risk StudentsSpecial NeedsGender and Sexuality

Early Childhood EducationPre-School and Child CareEarly Childhood Development

Higher EducationAdmissions and TuitionFacultyPolicyStudent and Community Life

International EducationComparative EducationEducational Development

LearningCognitionParental InfluenceEducational Psychology

PolicyReformCharters & VouchersHigh-Stakes TestingStandardsAthletes and AcademicsDropoutsIndependent SchoolsPhilanthropyPoliticsReligionTracking

Research MethodsQualitative MethodsSurvey ResearchExperimental ResearchLibrariesWriting for Publication

Teacher EducationProfessional DevelopmentSchools of EducationStudent Teaching

TeachingTeaching ProfessionSupply and DemandWorking Conditions

TechnologyTechnology in the ClassroomDistance LearningTechnology EducationPublishing and CommunicationOnline Publishing

IntersectionsPolicy and Teaching Practice

Discussion
My Experience Technology - Good for Students AND Teachers Fiddling with Indicators while using Toxic Tests Ode to Dewey Clearly Articulated Proposal--Thank You!
more >>

Announcements

Call For Book Proposals [Critical Storytelling Book Series]

CALL FOR PAPERS AND REGISTER for World Future Forum - Education Research!

IJEP- CALL FOR PAPERS. RESPONDING TO NEOLIBERALISM THROUGH PRAXIS AND REFLECTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF CRISIS WHERE THE RESISTANCE AND NEW LIVES EMERGE

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS and BOOK CHAPTERS

Research on Education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East

make a post | more >>

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 Cohen’s 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 Geiger’s 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:

Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record, Date Published: April 16, 2008
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 15214, Date Accessed: 4/11/2021 1:10:49 AM

Purchase Reprint Rights for this article or review

Article Tools
Email this article Print this article Post a Comment

Related Discussion

Post a Comment \| Read All

About the Author
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]).

Member Center
	Welcome! Sign-in Submit My Work TCR @ Your Library Book Reviews @ Your Library

In Print

This Month's Issue
Back Issues: