Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt : : The Origins of the Morrill Act and the Reform of Higher Education / / Nathan M. Sorber.
Clearly written and compellingly argued, Nathan Sorber's Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt should be read by every land-grant institution graduate and faculty and staff member, and by all high government officials who deal with public higher education.― Times Higher EducationSorber's...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Reconsidering the Origins and Early Years of the Land-Grant Colleges
- Chapter 1. Experimentation in Antebellum Higher Education
- Chapter 2. Justin Morrill, the Land-Grant Act of 1862, and the Birth of the Yankee Land-Grant Colleges
- Chapter 3. The Land-Grant Reformation
- Chapter 4. The New Middle Class and the State College Ideal
- Chapter 5. Progressivism and the Rise of Extension
- 6. Coeducation and Land-Grant Women
- Conclusion: Land-Grant Memories, Legacies, and Horizons
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index