Author: Yale University President's Office
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Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Author: Yale University
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Languages : en
Pages : 944

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Author: Yale University
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Languages : en
Pages : 458

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Author: William P. LaPiana
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019535995X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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The 19th century saw dramatic changes in the legal education system in the United States. Before the Civil War, lawyers learned their trade primarily through apprenticeship and self-directed study. By the end of the 19th century, the modern legal education system which was developed primarily by Dean Christopher Langdell at Harvard was in place: a bachelor's degree was required for admission to the new model law school, and a law degree was promoted as the best preparation for admission to the bar. William P. LaPiana provides an in-depth study of the intellectual history of the transformation of American legal education during this period. In the process, he offers a revisionist portrait of Langdell, the Dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1900, and the earliest proponent for the modern method of legal education, as well as portraying for the first time the opposition to the changes at Harvard.

Author: Marcia Synnott
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351481592
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 359

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By the turn of the twentieth century, academic nativism had taken root in elite American colleges—specifically, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant hegemony was endangered by new kinds of student, many of them Catholic and Jewish immigrants. The newcomers threatened to displace native-born Americans by raising academic standards and winning a disproportionate share of the scholarships. The Half-Opened Door analyzes the role of these institutions, casting light on their place in class structure and values in the United States. It details the origins, history, and demise of discriminatory admissions processes and depicts how the entrenched position of the upper class was successfully challenged. The educational, and hence economic, mobility of Catholics and Jews has shown other groups—for example, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Spanish-speaking Americans—not only the difficulties that these earlier aspirants had in overcoming class and ethnic barriers, but the fact that it can be done. One of the ironies of the history of higher education in the United States is the use of quotas by admissions committees. Restrictive measures were imposed on Jews because they were so successful, whereas benign quotas are currently used to encourage underrepresented minorities to enter colleges and professional schools. The competing claims of both the older and the newer minorities continue to be the subject of controversy, editorial comments, and court cases—and will be for years to come.

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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1686

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Author: United States. Office of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 894

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Author: State Library of Massachusetts
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Florence Cornelia Fox
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Category : Business education
Languages : en
Pages : 800

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Author: United States. Office of Education
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Category : Agricultural colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 1542

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