Higher Education in the American West [electronic resource] : Regional History and State Contexts /
Jonsen, Richard W.author.
Limerick, Patty.author.
Longanecker, David A.author.
Goodchild, L.editor.
Higher Education in the American West: Regional History and State Contexts is the first comprehensive regional history of American higher education. It offers new historical research on how societal forces and state actions brought about the region's one thousand two hundred institutions of higher learning in 15 western states.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Editors' Preface; Dedications; Introduction; Part I Regional, Historical, and Comparative Views; 1 Western College Expansion: Churches and Evangelization, States and Boosterism, 1818-1945; 2 The Evolution of Institutions in the Westward Expansion; 3 Forty-Five Years in the Academic Saddle: The American West, Higher Education, and the Invitation to Innovation; Part II State Development Perspectives and Federal Influences, 1945-2013; 4 Middle Border States: Higher Education in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming
5 History of Higher Education in the Southwest since World War II: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah6 Higher Education in the Pacific West: Developments in Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, and Alaska; 7 Higher Education in California: Rise and Fall; 8 The Federal Government and Western Higher Education; Part III A Concluding Commentary; Afterword Understanding the First Regional History of American Higher Education: The Spirit of Innovation; List of Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Higher Education in the American West: Regional History and State Contexts is the first comprehensive regional history of American higher education. It offers new historical research on how societal forces and state actions brought about the region's one thousand two hundred institutions of higher learning in 15 western states.
Education—History.
Higher education.
School management and organization.
School administration.
America—History.
Social sciences.
History of Education.
Higher Education.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
History of the Americas.
Social Sciences, general.