Author: Louis Clinton Hatch
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 572

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Author: Ernst Christian Helmreich
Publisher: College of
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Author: Nehemiah Cleaveland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 1064

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Author: Nehemiah Cleaveland
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385409322
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1113

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Author: Charles Dorn
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501712608
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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Are colleges and universities in a period of unprecedented disruption? Is a bachelor's degree still worth the investment? Are the humanities coming to an end? What, exactly, is higher education good for? In For the Common Good, Charles Dorn challenges the rhetoric of America's so-called crisis in higher education by investigating two centuries of college and university history. From the community college to the elite research university—in states from California to Maine—Dorn engages a fundamental question confronted by higher education institutions ever since the nation's founding: Do colleges and universities contribute to the common good? Tracking changes in the prevailing social ethos between the late eighteenth and early twenty-first centuries, Dorn illustrates the ways in which civic-mindedness, practicality, commercialism, and affluence influenced higher education's dedication to the public good. Each ethos, long a part of American history and tradition, came to predominate over the others during one of the four chronological periods examined in the book, informing the character of institutional debates and telling the definitive story of its time. For the Common Good demonstrates how two hundred years of political, economic, and social change prompted transformation among colleges and universities—including the establishment of entirely new kinds of institutions—and refashioned higher education in the United States over time in essential and often vibrant ways.

Author: Meghan K. Roberts
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022638411X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221

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Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Men of Letters, Men of Feeling -- 2. Working Together -- 3. Love, Proof, and Smallpox Inoculation -- 4. Enlightening Children -- 5. Organic Enlightenment -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

Author: David R. Francis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625851413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 163

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Discover the spookiest stories behind this centuries-old college in Maine . . . photos included! Bowdoin College boasts two centuries in higher education, and that rich history is laden with curious tales and ghostly happenings. Eerie legends about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Joshua Chamberlain, and other distinguished graduates are still whispered in the halls of their alma mater. A dungeon complete with skulls and skeletons hidden beneath Appleton Hall plays to society’s darkest fears about secret college societies. The many untimely deaths at Hubbard Hall lend credence to its haunted reputation. Misfortunes of Coleman Hall residents might have a connection with the building’s site atop the remnants of the long-closed Medical School of Maine. Now, author David Francis reveals Bowdoin’s spooky and maybe even ghostly history . . .

Author: Nehemiah Cleaveland
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021598677
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This comprehensive history of Bowdoin College provides readers with a detailed account of the institution's founding and evolution over time. The book includes biographical sketches of notable graduates, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the college's role in shaping generations of scholars and intellectuals. With its engaging narrative and rich historical detail, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of higher education in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775454118
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Hawthorne's first published novel, Fanshawe combines romantic themes with an engaging look at college life in the early nineteenth century. Critics have noted that the novel has strong autobiographical components and is likely a thinly fictionalized account of the writer's own experiences as a student at Bowdoin College.

Author: Christian P Potholm
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442201320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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What are the independent variables that determine success in war? Drawing on 40 years of studying and teaching war, political scientist Christian P. Potholm presents a 'template of Mars,' seven variables that have served as predictors of military success over time and across cultures. In Winning at War, Potholm explains these variables_technology, sustained ruthlessness, discipline, receptivity to innovation, protection of military capital from civilians and rulers, will, and the belief that there will always be another war_and provides case studies of their implementation, from ancient battles to today.