A history of American higher education /
John R. Thelin.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
- xxii, 421 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Colleges in the colonial era -- Creating the "American Way" in higher education -- Diversity and adversity -- Captains of industry and erudition -- Alma mater -- Success and excess -- Gilt by association -- Coming of age in America.
Education, Higher--History.--United States Universities and colleges--History.--United States Hoger onderwijs. Enseignement superieur--Histoire.--états-Unis Universités--Histoire.--âEtats-Unis Enseignement supâerieur Histoire Université Educación--Estados Unidos. Educación superior--Historia--Estados Unidos. Desarrollo educativo--Historia--Estados Unidos.