{"product_id":"essential-documents-in-the-history-john-r-thelin-9781421441467","title":"Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe thoroughly updated second edition of this dynamic and thoughtful collection focuses on the issues that have shaped American higher education in the past decade.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssential Documents in the History of American Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, designed to be used alongside John R. Thelin's \u003ci\u003eA History of American Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e or on its own, presents a rich collection of primary sources that chart the social, intellectual, political, and cultural history of American colleges and universities from the seventeenth century to the present. The documents are organized in sections that parallel the chapters in \u003ci\u003eA History\u003c\/i\u003e both chronologically and thematically, and sections are introduced with brief headnotes establishing the context for each source.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition of \u003ci\u003eEssential Documents\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the issues that have shaped American higher education in the past decade, from congressional investigations into endowments and court cases about paying student-athletes to accounts of campus protests over racial discrimination and adjuncts struggling in the \"gig economy.\" From the successful fund-raising campaigns of 2014 to the closing of campuses because of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the book also includes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- a new tenth chapter, \"Prominence and Problems: American Higher Education since 2010,\" and an updated introduction;\u003cbr\u003e- a number of landmark documents, including the charter for the College of Rhode Island (1764), the Morrill Land Grand Act (1862), the GI Bill (1944), and the Knight Commission Report on College Sports (2010); and \u003cbr\u003e- lively firsthand accounts by students and teachers that tell what it was like to be a Harvard student in the 1700s, to participate in the campus riots of the 1960s, to be a female college athlete in the 1970s, or to enroll at UCLA as an economically disadvantaged Latina in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThelin even stretches the usual bounds of documentary sources, incorporating popular pieces by Robert Benchley and James Thurber on their own college days as well as an excerpt from Groucho Marx's screwball film \u003ci\u003eHorse Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e. What emerges is a complex and nuanced collection that reflects the richness of more than three centuries of American higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John R. Thelin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421441462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421441467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 1.26d","brand":"John R. Thelin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048439935231,"sku":"9781421441467","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31239541-cbcc-4646-a9e4-2da7fb9b1e7d.jpg?v=1684995776","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/essential-documents-in-the-history-john-r-thelin-9781421441467","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}