Daniel Coit Gilman and the Birth of the American Research University

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<p><b>One of the most remarkable education leaders of the late nineteenth century and the creator of the modern American research university finally gets his due.</b></p><p>Daniel Coit Gilman, a Yale-trained geographer who first worked as librarian at his alma mater, led a truly remarkable life. He was selected as the third president of the University of California; was elected as the first president of Johns Hopkins University, where he served for twenty-five years; served as one of the original founders of the Association of American Universities; and--at an age when most retired--was hand-picked by Andrew Carnegie to head up his eponymous institution in Washington, DC.</p><p>In <i>Daniel Coit Gilman and the Birth of the American Research University</i>, Michael T. Benson argues that Gilman's enduring legacy will always be as the father of the modern research university--a uniquely American invention that remains the envy of the entire world. In the past half-century, nothing has been written about Gilman that takes into account his detailed journals, reviews his prodigious correspondence, or considers his broad external board service. This book fills an enormous void in the history of the birth of the new American system of higher education, especially as it relates to graduate education. The late 1800s, Benson points out, is one of the most pivotal periods in the development of the American university model; this book reveals that there is no more important figure in shaping that model than Daniel Coit Gilman.</p><p>Benson focuses on Gilman's time deliberating on, discussing, developing, refining, and eventually implementing the plan that brought the modern research university to life in 1876. He also explains how many university elements that we take for granted--the graduate fellowships, the emphasis on primary investigations and discovery, the funding of the best laboratory and research spaces, the scholarly journals, the university presses, the sprawling hea

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EAN

9781421444161

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

242 x 166 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Hopkins Fulfillment Service