American College and University: A History

Firstpublishedin1962,FrederickRudolph'sstudy,""TheAmericanCollegeandUniversity"",hasbeendescribedasoneofthemostsignificantworksonthehistoryofhighereducationinAmerica.Bridgingthechasmbetweeneducationalandsocialhistory,thisbookexaminesdevelopmentsinhighereducationinthecontextofthesocial,economicandpoliticalforcesthatwereshapingthenationatlarge.Surveyinghighereducationfromthecolonialerathroughthemid-20thcentury,Rudolphexploresamultitudeofissues,fromthefinancingofinstitutionsandthedevelopmentofcurriculumtotheeducationofwomenandblacks,theriseofcollegeathleticsandthecomplexitiesofstudentlife.Inhisforewordtothisnewedition,JohnThelinassessestheimpactthatRudolph'sworkhashadonhighereducationstudies.TheneweditionalsoincludesabibliographicessaybyThelincoveringmajorworksinthefieldthathaveappearedsincethepublicationofthefirstedition.