The Rise of the Research University: A Sourcebook
Editat de Louis Menand, Paul Reitter, Chad Wellmonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 ian 2017
The modern research university is a global institution with a rich history that stretches into an ivy-laden past, but for as much as we think we know about that past, most of the writings that have recorded it are scattered across many archives and, in many cases, have yet to be translated into English. With this book, Paul Reitter, Chad Wellmon, and Louis Menand bring a wealth of these important texts together, assembling a fascinating collection of primary sources—many translated into English for the first time—that outline what would become the university as we know it.
The editors focus on the development of American universities such as Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and the Universities of Chicago, California, and Michigan. Looking to Germany, they translate a number of seminal sources that formulate the shape and purpose of the university and place them next to hard-to-find English-language texts that took the German university as their inspiration, one that they creatively adapted, often against stiff resistance. Enriching these texts with short but insightful essays that contextualize their importance, the editors offer an accessible portrait of the early research university, one that provides invaluable insights not only into the historical development of higher learning but also its role in modern society.
The editors focus on the development of American universities such as Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and the Universities of Chicago, California, and Michigan. Looking to Germany, they translate a number of seminal sources that formulate the shape and purpose of the university and place them next to hard-to-find English-language texts that took the German university as their inspiration, one that they creatively adapted, often against stiff resistance. Enriching these texts with short but insightful essays that contextualize their importance, the editors offer an accessible portrait of the early research university, one that provides invaluable insights not only into the historical development of higher learning but also its role in modern society.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226414713
ISBN-10: 022641471X
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 022641471X
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Paul Reitter is professor of Germanic languages and literature and director of the Humanities Institute at Ohio State University. He is the author of several books, including The Anti-Journalist, published by the University of Chicago Press. Chad Wellmon is associate professor in the department of Germanic languages and literatures at the University of Virginia. He is the author, most recently, of Organizing Enlightenment. Louis Menand is a staff writer at the New Yorker as well as the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English at Harvard University. He is the author of several books, including the Pulitzer-Prize winning The Metaphysical Club.
Cuprins
General Introduction
Part 1 German Research Universities
1 Friedrich Gedike, Report to King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Germany
2 Johann David Michaelis, On the Importance of Protestant Universities in Germany
3 Friedrich Schiller, What Is Universal History and Why Study It? An Inaugural Academic Lecture
4 Friedrich Schleiermacher, Occasional Thoughts on German Universities in the German Sense
5 J. G. Fichte, A Plan, Deduced from First Principles, for an Institution of Higher Learning to Be Established in Berlin, Connected to and Subordinate to an Academy of Sciences
6 F. W. J. Schelling, Lectures on the Method of Academic Study
7 Wilhelm von Humboldt, On Germany’s Educational System
Part 2 Americans Abroad and Returning
8 George Ticknor and George Bancroft, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and Edward Everett
9 Richard Theodore Ely, American Colleges and German Universities
10 Henry Tappan, On German Universities
11 James M. Hart, German Universities: A Narrative of Personal Experience
Part 3 American Adaptations
12 The Morrill Act
13 Daniel Coit Gilman, The Utility of Universities
14 G. Stanley Hall, Opening Exercises
15 Andrew D. White, The Relations of the National and State Governments to Advanced Education
16 William Rainey Harper, The University and Democracy
Part 4 Undergraduate Education in the University
17 Charles William Eliot, The New Education
18 Noah Porter, Inaugural Address
19 Charles William Eliot, Liberty in Education
20 James McCosh, The New Departure in College Education, Being a Reply to President Eliot’s Defence of It
21 Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Future of Our Educational Institutions
Part 5 Diversity and Inclusion: Female University Students
22 Diversity and Inclusion: Introduction
23 Helene Lange, Higher Schools for Girls and Their Mission: Companion Essay
24 J.B.S. and M.F.K., Women at the German Universities: Letters to the Editor of the Nation
25 Decree on the Admission of Women to Universities
Part 6 General Education
26 General Education: Introduction
27 Charles Sears Baldwin, Editorial: A Focus for Freshmen
28 John J. Coss, The New Freshman Course in Columbia College
29 Robert Maynard Hutchins, General Education
30 Harry D. Gideonse, The Higher Learning in a Democracy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Part 1 German Research Universities
1 Friedrich Gedike, Report to King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Germany
2 Johann David Michaelis, On the Importance of Protestant Universities in Germany
3 Friedrich Schiller, What Is Universal History and Why Study It? An Inaugural Academic Lecture
4 Friedrich Schleiermacher, Occasional Thoughts on German Universities in the German Sense
5 J. G. Fichte, A Plan, Deduced from First Principles, for an Institution of Higher Learning to Be Established in Berlin, Connected to and Subordinate to an Academy of Sciences
6 F. W. J. Schelling, Lectures on the Method of Academic Study
7 Wilhelm von Humboldt, On Germany’s Educational System
Part 2 Americans Abroad and Returning
8 George Ticknor and George Bancroft, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and Edward Everett
9 Richard Theodore Ely, American Colleges and German Universities
10 Henry Tappan, On German Universities
11 James M. Hart, German Universities: A Narrative of Personal Experience
Part 3 American Adaptations
12 The Morrill Act
13 Daniel Coit Gilman, The Utility of Universities
14 G. Stanley Hall, Opening Exercises
15 Andrew D. White, The Relations of the National and State Governments to Advanced Education
16 William Rainey Harper, The University and Democracy
Part 4 Undergraduate Education in the University
17 Charles William Eliot, The New Education
18 Noah Porter, Inaugural Address
19 Charles William Eliot, Liberty in Education
20 James McCosh, The New Departure in College Education, Being a Reply to President Eliot’s Defence of It
21 Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Future of Our Educational Institutions
Part 5 Diversity and Inclusion: Female University Students
22 Diversity and Inclusion: Introduction
23 Helene Lange, Higher Schools for Girls and Their Mission: Companion Essay
24 J.B.S. and M.F.K., Women at the German Universities: Letters to the Editor of the Nation
25 Decree on the Admission of Women to Universities
Part 6 General Education
26 General Education: Introduction
27 Charles Sears Baldwin, Editorial: A Focus for Freshmen
28 John J. Coss, The New Freshman Course in Columbia College
29 Robert Maynard Hutchins, General Education
30 Harry D. Gideonse, The Higher Learning in a Democracy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
“The Rise of the Research University charts how unpredictable and unstable university systems have been on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. It reveals that academic soul-searching about the role of research universities is as prevalent now as it was 150 years ago. But it also shows how important these bodies remain, in both the United States and Europe, in advancing understanding of the world.”
"[T]racks the history of the research university through a well-curated collection of documents on subjects ranging from core curricula to coeducation. Short enough to read and not just consult, the book tells a story that begins with the German universities that inspired ours. It ends in Veblen's time, when American universities took on the shape we recognize today. The editors focus on description, not commentary; you'll be able to supply the latter for yourself."