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Higher Education Timeline

Higher Education Timeline. 1862-Morrell Act Land Grant Colleges (A&M) 1865-Civil War 1896-2nd Morrell Act, Regular $. 1945-WWII 1950’s-McCarthy Challenges Academic Freedom 1957-Launch of Sputnik. American Revolution. 1915-WWI. 1965-Vietnam. 1636. 1776. 1817-1833. 1860-1901. 1915-1940.

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Higher Education Timeline

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  1. Higher Education Timeline 1862-Morrell Act Land Grant Colleges (A&M) 1865-Civil War 1896-2nd Morrell Act, Regular $ 1945-WWII 1950’s-McCarthy Challenges Academic Freedom 1957-Launch of Sputnik American Revolution 1915-WWI 1965-Vietnam 1636 1776 1817-1833 1860-1901 1915-1940 1945-1965 1965-1990 1990-2001 Harvard Founded 4 yrs after colony founded 1817-Yale Report confirms liberal education 1824-Jefferson tries majors@UV 1825-Greek Letter Societies 1826-1st Black Awarded A.B. 1833-Co Education of Women & Men at Oberlin 1860-Yale Awards 1st PhD 1869-Harvard’s Eliot - Electives 1869-1st Football Game (Rutgers vs. Harvard) 1896-Plessy vs. Ferguson “Separate but Equal” is OK 1901-1st College Boards Administered 1915-AAUP Formed 1919-State Takeover of Dartmouth Disallowed by Supreme Court 1919-General Education Arises with War Issues course at Columbia 1920-overcrowding causes rise of Junior Colleges 1925-Tenure 1940-AAUP Reinstatement on Academic Freedom Time of Bureaucracy of University (Hierarchies) 1954-Brown vs. Board of Education “Separate but Equal” is not OK 1957-GI Bill 1945-Harvard Redbook-Universities here to serve society 1965-Student Unrest Black enrollment in white colleges triples between 1965 to 1970 1970-Kent State Rise of Technology Rise of Adult Education Rise of Corporate Reimbursement & Influence Lowering of Academic Standards General Apathy More medieval based education Liberal education Courses in lockstep 1870-1920 Timeframe Demise of the Clergyman President American Professors Educated in German Research Universities (Freedom to Teach and Freedom to Learn) Wisconsin Idea (should serve the state) Rise of Private Benefactors Rise of Denominational Colleges (Great Spiritual Revival) Yale Dominant & Influential American College Era - Rapid Growth End of Medieval- All Purpose Institution

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