When Ralph Lynn retired as a professor of history at Baylor University in 1974, dozens of his
former students paid him tribute. One student, Ann Richards, who became the governor of …

“Charles William Eliot, President of Harvard from 1869 until 1909, was unquestionably the
most influential leader of American higher education during the last one hundred years. Both …

SIR: The history of the higher education in the United States deserves organized inquiry and
national attention. The origin, development, academic status, and practical usefulness of …

The national discussion about the future of American education and the teaching profession
continues with the 1986 publication of two major reports: A Nation Prepared: Teachers for …

In this carefully documented essay, Russell K. Nieli outlines the major transformation in
American higher education that began at the end of the nineteenth century. Today's …

This paper presents the traditional history of the development of higher education in the
United States, especially during the nineteenth century, and then examines at the findings of …

On the raw and cloudy afternoon of Tuesday, October 19, r869, Charles William Eliot
formally took office as President of Harvard University. Something of the breathlessness and …

Although he later said that he did not write “The New Education” as a job application, two
months after the article appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Charles William Eliot was …

Paul Robert Hanna had an immense, lasting impact on education in both the United States
and abroad. Over a career of more than fifty years, his diverse contributions included a …