History of Higher and Postsecondary Education

Section II 1640 - 1865
January 12 - Session 2: Colonial Colleges and the Dartmouth College Case

January 19 - Session 3: "What to Teach?": The Yale Report

January 26 - Session 4: Ante-Bellum Higher Education for Both Those In and Not In "College"

Section III 1865 - 1890
February 2 - Session 5: The Morrill Act and the State Colleges

**Document Analysis is due

February 9 -Session 6: The American Research University

February 16 -Session 7: Critiques of the American Research University

**Written and Oral Book Report is due

February 23 -Session 8: Higher Education for African Americans

March 1 - Spring (?) Break, no class

March 8 - Session 9: Coeducation and Women's Education

Section IV 1890 - 1930
March 15 - Session 10: Athletics, Student Culture, and U of M

March 22 - Session 11: Higher Education and the Poor and Working Classes

March 29 - Session 12: Going Beyond the Campus: "The Wisconsin Idea," Extension, and the Adult Student

Section V 1930 - present
April 5 - Session 13: Rise of the Community College

April 14 - Session 14: Activism, Inclusion, and a New Federal Role

TBA: Student Presentations

**Research Paper is due