Traces the 100-year history of Middle Georgia College, a two-year unit of the University System of Georgia, founded in 1884. Provides insights on early life at the college as revealed by the 1892-93 catalog and describes centennial events. (DMM)

Education in the homeopathic schools of medicine is under the direct guidance of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and the requirements of the American Federation of State Medical Examiners Boards are fulfilled in all details, so that graduates may comply with the requirements of all the States and Territorial possessions. There were 45 more…

Traces the 50-year history of Union County College, focusing on changing student profiles, funding patterns, programs, and policies. Credits the college's survival to constancy in its community-oriented mission and flexibility in serving changing constituency needs. (DMM)

This volume relates the founding and subsequent history of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. It is written by a retired former student and lifelong faculty member in the geophysics department. Divided into major sections, the first covers the site, early Alaskan history, founding of the school when the focus was on agriculture and mining, the…

Compares trends in English, Canadian, and French historiography, and alludes to trends concerning the United States, Europe generally, and Quebec within the framework of comparative historiography.

The history of the University of Humberside (England) is traced and related to patterns of local, regional, and national development of higher education. The modern University of Humberside emerged from six separated colleges, the first originating in 1861 and the remaining five were founded before World War I. Two began as teacher training…

Written especially for students, staff, faculty, administrators, and trustees of the college, this history of Prairie State College in Illinois traces the college's development from its inception in 1957 through 1982. This book contains the following chapters: (1) "A Community Emerges"; (2) "An American Educational Institution…

The historical relationship between technical change and school expansion has been dependent on a particular institutional structure of schooling. However, without the causal role of technical change at critical periods, the continual spiral of school expansion could not have been sustained. (RM)

The author examines some of the lesser-known private and proprietary schools of late Victorian England which, by academic success and by athletic prowess, strove to emulate the great "public schools." Reasons for some successes and failures and contributions of certain headmasters are noted. (Author/SJL)

Presents an historical context for understanding developments at U. S. colleges and universities during the 1960s, when over half the campuses experienced some kind of demonstration. Provides an in-depth analysis of the socio-political forces that spawned the radical reform groups of that decade. (JDH)

Identifies and clarifies the difficulties encountered in the effort to revive rhetoric as a modern academic discipline. Discusses briefly the institutional histories of speech communication and composition studies. Describes a new rhetoric (the "current-traditional rhetoric") that began to dominate universities in the late 19th century and has…

The history of the Coshocton Public Library (Ohio) is traced from 1872 through 1992, highlighting its connection with the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum. In response to a newspaper editorial, citizens of Coshocton formed the Coshocton Library Association in 1872. The library evolved through the years as a free school library, a municipal library, a…

The "Flexner Report" of 1910, which described 155 U.S. and Canadian medical schools, is discussed, along with its influence on later studies of academic quality. Scholars almost universally agree that the Flexner Report dramatically changed the nature of medical education in the United States, although they disagree about how this…

Examines the evolution of the character and practice of distance education through a historical explanation of early distance education, and a review of early distance education pioneers. Addresses 20th-century developments in distance education, 20th-century distance education target groups, and discusses the need to understand the role of…

This book explores the history of American higher education through examination of the voluntary higher education associations organized during the turn of the century: the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations (AACES), the Association of American Colleges (AAC), The Association of American Universities (AAU), the…