Author: Winton U Solberg
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252047362
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
In 1904, Edmund J. James inherited the leadership of an educational institution in search of an identity. His sixteen-year tenure transformed the University of Illinois from an industrial college to a major state university that fulfilled his vision of a center for scientific investigation. Winton U. Solberg and J. David Hoeveler provide an account of a pivotal time in the university’s evolution. A gifted intellectual and dedicated academic reformer, James began his tenure facing budget battles and antagonists on the Board of Trustees. But as time passed, he successfully campaigned to address the problems faced by women students, expand graduate programs, solidify finances, create a university press, reshape the library and faculty, and unify the colleges of liberal arts and sciences. Combining narrative force with exhaustive research, the authors illuminate the political milieu and personalities around James to draw a vivid portrait of his life and times. The authoritative conclusion to a four-part history, Edmund J. James and the Making of the Modern University of Illinois, 1904–1920 tells the story of one man’s mission to create a university worthy of the state of Illinois.
Edmund J. James and the Making of the Modern University of Illinois, 1904-1920
Author: Winton U Solberg
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252047362
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
In 1904, Edmund J. James inherited the leadership of an educational institution in search of an identity. His sixteen-year tenure transformed the University of Illinois from an industrial college to a major state university that fulfilled his vision of a center for scientific investigation. Winton U. Solberg and J. David Hoeveler provide an account of a pivotal time in the university’s evolution. A gifted intellectual and dedicated academic reformer, James began his tenure facing budget battles and antagonists on the Board of Trustees. But as time passed, he successfully campaigned to address the problems faced by women students, expand graduate programs, solidify finances, create a university press, reshape the library and faculty, and unify the colleges of liberal arts and sciences. Combining narrative force with exhaustive research, the authors illuminate the political milieu and personalities around James to draw a vivid portrait of his life and times. The authoritative conclusion to a four-part history, Edmund J. James and the Making of the Modern University of Illinois, 1904–1920 tells the story of one man’s mission to create a university worthy of the state of Illinois.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252047362
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
In 1904, Edmund J. James inherited the leadership of an educational institution in search of an identity. His sixteen-year tenure transformed the University of Illinois from an industrial college to a major state university that fulfilled his vision of a center for scientific investigation. Winton U. Solberg and J. David Hoeveler provide an account of a pivotal time in the university’s evolution. A gifted intellectual and dedicated academic reformer, James began his tenure facing budget battles and antagonists on the Board of Trustees. But as time passed, he successfully campaigned to address the problems faced by women students, expand graduate programs, solidify finances, create a university press, reshape the library and faculty, and unify the colleges of liberal arts and sciences. Combining narrative force with exhaustive research, the authors illuminate the political milieu and personalities around James to draw a vivid portrait of his life and times. The authoritative conclusion to a four-part history, Edmund J. James and the Making of the Modern University of Illinois, 1904–1920 tells the story of one man’s mission to create a university worthy of the state of Illinois.
Shaping the American Faculty
Author: Roger L. Geiger
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351490990
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Beginning in the twentieth century, American faculty increasingly viewed themselves as professionals who were more than mere employees. This volume focuses on key developments in the long process by which the American professoriate achieved tenure, academic freedom, and a voice in university governance.Christian K. Anderson describes the formation of the original faculty senates. Zachary Haberler depicts the context of the founding and early activities of the American Association of University Professors. Richard F. Teichgraeber focuses on the ambiguity over promotion and tenure when James Conant became president of Harvard in 1933. In "Firing Larry Gara," Steve Taaffe relates how the chairman of the department of history and political science was abruptly fired at the behest of a powerful trustee. In the final chapter, Tom McCarthy provides an overview of the evolution of student affairs on campuses and indirectly illuminates an important negative feature of that evolution the withdrawal of faculty from students' social and moral development.This volume examines twentieth-century efforts by American academics to establish themselves as an independent constituency in America's colleges and universities.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351490990
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Beginning in the twentieth century, American faculty increasingly viewed themselves as professionals who were more than mere employees. This volume focuses on key developments in the long process by which the American professoriate achieved tenure, academic freedom, and a voice in university governance.Christian K. Anderson describes the formation of the original faculty senates. Zachary Haberler depicts the context of the founding and early activities of the American Association of University Professors. Richard F. Teichgraeber focuses on the ambiguity over promotion and tenure when James Conant became president of Harvard in 1933. In "Firing Larry Gara," Steve Taaffe relates how the chairman of the department of history and political science was abruptly fired at the behest of a powerful trustee. In the final chapter, Tom McCarthy provides an overview of the evolution of student affairs on campuses and indirectly illuminates an important negative feature of that evolution the withdrawal of faculty from students' social and moral development.This volume examines twentieth-century efforts by American academics to establish themselves as an independent constituency in America's colleges and universities.
Sixteen Years at the University of Illinois
Author: Edmund Janes James
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Ophthalmology at Illinois
Author: Patricia Spain Ward
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Category : Hospitals, Ophthalmic and aural
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Hospitals, Ophthalmic and aural
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Hu Shih and Intellectual Choice in Modern China
Author: Min-chih Chou
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
A biography of a prototypical "renaissance man": scientist, philosopher, journalist, and politician.
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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A biography of a prototypical "renaissance man": scientist, philosopher, journalist, and politician.
The Western Architect
Author: Robert Craik McLean
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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The Silent Readers
Author: William Dodge Lewis
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Category : Readers
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Category : Readers
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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The World Book
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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U.S. Army Cadet Command
Author: Arthur Thomas Coumbe
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Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Languages : en
Pages : 370
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School & Society
Author: James McKeen Cattell
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 808
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 808
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