EDL 703 - History of Higher Education

This course examines the development of US higher education from the colonial period to the present, including the histories of underrepresented individuals and institutions. Students will explore how higher education has shaped by and, in turn, has been shaped by larger social, political, religious, and economic events at the local, national, and transnational level. Emphasis will be placed on how current trends in higher education are informed by ideas and practices from the past.

(Cr: 3