American Higher Education Since World War II: A History

by Roger L. Geiger

Book Overview

A masterful history of the postwar transformation of American higher education

American higher education is nearly four centuries old. But in the decades after World War II, as government and social support surged and enrollments exploded, the role of colleges and universities in American society changed dramatically. Roger Geiger provides the most complete and in-depth history of this remarkable transformation, taking readers from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691179727
• ISBN13: 9780691179728
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"