From the Book - Third Edition.
Introduction: Historians and higher education
Colleges in the Colonial Era
Creating the "American Way" in higher education: College-building, 1785 to 1860
Diversity and adversity: Resilience in American higher education, 1860 to 1890
Captains of industry and erudition: University-builders, 1880 to 1910
Alma mater: America goes to college, 1890 to 1920
Success and excess: Expansion and reforms in higher education, 1920 to 1945
Gilt by association: Higher education's "Golden Age," 1945 to 1970
Coming of age in America: Higher education as a troubled giant, 1970 to 2000
A new life begins: Reconfiguring American higher education in the twenty-first century
Prominence and problems: American higher education since 2010.
Colleges in the colonial era
Creating the "American way" in higher education: college building, 1785 to 1860
Diversity and adversity: resilience in American higher education, 1860 to 1890
Captains of industry and erudition: university-builders, 1890 to 1910
Alma mater: America goes to college, 1890 to 1920
Success and excess: expansions and reforms in higher education, 1920 to 1945
Gilt by association: higher education's "golden age," 1945 to 1970
Coming of age in America: higher education as a troubled giant, 1970 to 2000
A new life begins?: reconfiguring American higher education in the 21st century.
Colleges in the colonial era
Creating the "American Way" in higher education
Captains of industry and erudition
Coming of age in America.
