American Academic Cultures: A History of Higher Education

by Paul H. Mattingly

Book Overview

At a time when American higher education seems ever more to be reflecting on its purpose and potential, we are more inclined than ever to look to its history for context and inspiration. But that history only helps, Paul H. Mattingly argues, if it's seen as something more than a linear progress through time. With American Academic Cultures, he offers a different type of history of American higher learning, showing how its current state is the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022650526X
• ISBN13: 9780226505268
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"