American college and the culture of aspiration, 1915-1940, The
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0801494982
ISBN 13
9780801494987
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Publication Year
1987
Publisher
Pages
288
Subject
Universities and colleges --United States --History --20th century. Student aspirations --United States. Achievement motivation.
Description
Is higher education a right or a privilege? Who should go to college? What should they study there? These questions were hotly debated between the world wars, when an unprecedented boom in college enrollments forced Americans to struggle between their belief in the importance of educational opportunity and their desire to preserve the existing social structure. In The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915–1940, David O. Levine offers the first in-depth history of higher education during this era, a period when colleges and universities became arbiters of social and economic mobility and a hierarchy of schools evolved to meet growing demands for occupational training and socialization. - from Amazon
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2
