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2. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Entire Course EDU 657 Week 1 Colonial Higher Education, 1636-1784 (Ash) • EDU 657 Week 1 Colonial Higher Education, 1636-1784 • EDU 657 Week 1 DQ 1 Colleges in the Colonial Era • EDU 657 Week 1 DQ 2 Colonial Revival Colleges • EDU 657 Week 1 Reflective Journal • EDU 657 Week 2 DQ 1 Creating the American Way • Business - General Business • Colonial Higher Education, 1636-1784. In Chapter One, Thelin (2011) described the influences of several topics and issues in higher education during the Colonial era. Choose a historical, political, ethical and/or economic issue under one of the following topics:

3. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 1 DQ 1 Colleges in the Colonial Era (Ash) EDU 657 Week 1 DQ 2 Colonial Revival Colleges (Ash) • Colleges in the Colonial Era. In Chapter One, Thelin (2011) mentioned nine surviving colleges founded before 1781: Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, Rutgers, and Pennsylvania. Many feel that these colleges stand out as quality higher education institutions that have acquired prestige and longevity. • Colonial Revival Colleges. Thelin (2011) noted that the English universities Oxford and Cambridge greatly influenced early American higher education. In addition, Oxford and Cambridge were autonomous, privately endowed and linked to a federation. The “collegiate system” of combining learning and living was a seminal plan for higher education that college founders tried

4. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 1 Reflective Journal (Ash) EDU 657 Week 2 DQ 1 Creating the American Way (Ash) • Reflective Journal.Critically reflect on the personal impact of the foundations of education. Reflect on a time when you studied about the history of the Colonial Era in grade school, middle school, high school or college. What surprised you to discover about higher education during the Colonial era? Have your perceptions changed as a result of examining • Creating the American Way. Medical schools during this time represented a good example of American society’s enchantment for education without the overly strict rules and standards. Reflect on the role of Medical Colleges in higher education during the first half of the nineteenth century. Consider the educational preparation and requirements

5. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 2 DQ 2 Resilience in American Higher Education (Ash) EDU 657 Week 2 Higher Education, 1785-1890 • Resilience in American Higher Education. Large scale philanthropy contributors who offered substantial gifts such as foundations, trusts, and estates were necessary to higher education budgets in order to pay for salaries, services and the construction of new buildings. The transformation of philanthropy • EDU 657 Week 2 Higher Education (History of Higher Education: Women)

6. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 3 DQ 1 Captains of Industry (Ash) EDU 657 Week 3 DQ 2 America Goes to College (Ash) • Captains of Industry. The wealth and energy between 1880 and 1910 was a unique and dynamic period in higher education. During this time the stock market was volatile and the rules that governed higher education were mostly absent. In addition, there was an abundance of industrial wealth, and a new level of philanthropic generosity • America Goes to College. The age of university-building was also the golden age of the college. Attending college was popular and fashionable during 1890 through 1920. Obtaining a bachelor’s degree was a way for newly affluent families to enhance their social position.

7. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 3 Higher Education, 1880-1920 (Ash) EDU 657 Week 3 Reflective Journal (Ash) • create a timeline of five or more significant events and/or topics that you find interesting and that influenced higher education from 1880 - 1920. Feel free to be creative with this assignment. You may include pictures, diagrams and words. In addition please provide a brief summary for each of your significant event and topics. Chapters Four and Five provide • Reflective Journal. Critically reflect on the impact of topics, trends, and events of historical eras on higher education and the dynamics surrounding the university-builders in the formative decades between 1880 -1920. Think about what it would have been like to be a college student during this time. Then reflect on the time when you first enrolled in your graduate program.

8. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 4 DQ 1 Success and Excess (Ash) EDU 657 Week 4 DQ 2 Cost of College, 1920-1945 (Ash) • Success and Excess. Thelin (2011) mentioned that from World War I to World War II, university and college enrollments increased dramatically. However, the retention of students presented a challenge during this time period. College administrators had some difficulty managing students because of the expanded number of students being enrolled. • Cost of College, 1920-1945. Summarize the changes in the price of going to college from 1920-1945. Consider student employment opportunities and positive influences of the various relief work programs such as the public work projects during this time. How did colleges and universities benefit from them? Do you feel that a similar type of public work project(s) could work today?

9. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 4 Higher Education, 1920-1945 (Ash) EDU 657 Week 4 Reflective Journal (Ash) • Higher Education, 1920-1945. From 1920-1945, there was significant expansion and reforms in higher education. Reflect upon the opportunities to attend college for women during this time period. Women made up about 40% of the undergraduate enrollments in 1940. This was remarkable considering that women were not permitted to earn a bachelor’s degree • Reflective Journal. Critically reflect on the impact of topics, trends, and events of 1920-1945. Have you met or do you know of anyone who taught during this time? If so, what do they say about the advantages and disadvantages of teaching during this time period? As a future higher education educator do you feel that your opportunities have increased as compared

10. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 5 DQ 1 Gilt by Association (Ash) EDU 657 Week 5 DQ 2 Coming of Age in America (Ash) • Gilt by Association. From 1945-1970, a new set of problems helped to transform higher education. After 1949 there was an explosion of enrollments due to governmental agencies that recognized that higher education had been proven effective, even during the war. This led them to create public policies at both the state and federal level. • Coming of Age in America. From 1970 -2000, most higher education institutions encountered various challenges and issues. Although higher education made an effective transition to mass education access, it was more difficult to transition to universal education access. In addition, because of the diversity of students who were entering college higher education

11. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 5 Higher Education, 1970-2000 (Ash) EDU 657 Week 5 Reflective Journal (Ash) • Higher Education, 1970-2000. Your readings described the influences of several topics about the challenges and issues in higher education from 1970-2000. Discuss one topic that addresses the institutional, societal, student, faculty, curriculum, governance or financial issues that were significantly impacted from 1970 -2000 • Reflective Journal. Critically reflect on the impact of topics, trends, and events of 1970-2000. Reflect on yourself as a graduate student who may one day teach in higher education. How can you avoid some of the mistakes faculty made from 1970-2000? What teaching approaches and/or strategies worked? In addition, how do you feel higher education will change in the next

12. EDU 657 Course Real Knowledge / edu657dotcom EDU 657 Week 6 DQ 1 Reconfiguring American Higher Education in the Twenty-first EDU 657 Week 6 Final Paper (Ash) • Reconfiguring American Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century. Using ProQuest, locate two articles about the emergence of global universities (online education). Provide a summary of your articles and the reference links. Discuss the critical findings related to two of any of the following topics: • In this course, we have examined various topics about the reconfiguration of American Higher Education from 1673 to the present. After watching the short video Complex Change in Higher Education by Fred Buining (http://www.youtube.com/watch?), reflect on various changes that have influenced the reconfiguration of American higher education in the 21st century.

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