Graduate Education
Readings: TOPIC: GRADUATE EDUCATION; THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY & LAND-GRANT COLLEGES Wechsler, H.S, Goodchild, L.F. & Eisenmann, L. (Eds). (2007). The History of Higher Education. ASHE – Association for the Study of Higher Education. Reader Series, Needham Heights, MASS: Ginn Press, 3rd ed. [ISBN: 0-536-44341-6] ASHE Reader: Johnson, E., Misconceptions about the early land-grant colleges, pp280-290. Williams, R., The origins of federal support for higher education, pp310-314 Hawkins, H., Toward system, pp 332-345. Leslie, W., The age of the college, pp377-390. Assignment: 2nd Discussion Board: What is the purpose(s) of higher education and how has this purpose(s) changed over time? What forces external and internal have shaped this purpose?