The Academic Corporation
Subtitle: A History of College and University Governing Boards (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer; Falmer Press
Published: April 27, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780815333760
Subjects: Education; History; College And University Administration; Education / Teaching; United States; Higher; Education / General; Administration; Europe; Universities and colleges
First sentence: The concept of institutions of higher education as formal or organized centers for advanced learning extends historically well beyond the Middle Ages in Europe to examples in China, India, Sri Lanka, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Constantinople, Baghdad, and a host of other settings.