The Emergent University, Lecture # 10 February 24, 2014 Alma Mater/McCaughey
Proliferation of Institutional Types< Liberal Arts Colleges for Men Liberal Arts Women’s Colleges Black Colleges Technology-centered Institutions More law and medical schools Normal schools Research/Graduate Universities
Basic US Demographic Data, US Population 40,000, ,000, ,000,0 00 # Colleges/Univs Faculty5,50016,00049,000 Enrollments63,000157,000600,000 Enrlmts/Inst’n 112 enrlmts 157 enrlmts 600 enrlmts % year olds 1.3%1.8%4.7% % Women21%36%47% BA/BS degrees9,40027,00049,000 PhDs
Charles William Eliot, chemist, 21 st president of Harvard University ( )
Noah Porter, philosopher, president of Yale College ( )
Ezra Cornell ( ), founding benefactor of Cornell University (1865)
Andrew Dickson White, historian, Ist president of Cornell University s
Johns Hopkins ( ), founding benefactor of Johns Hopkins University (1876)
Daniel Coit Gilman, geographer, Ist president of Johns Hopkins University ( )
Leland Stanford ( ), founder of Leland Stanford, Jr., University
David Starr Jordan, ichthyologist, founding president of Stanford University ( )
John D. Rockefeller ( ), founding benefactor of the University of Chicago (1891)
William Rainey Harper, Hebrew classicist, Ist president of University of Chicago ( )