Liberal Education for a Land of Colleges: Yale’s Reports of 1828 (Higher Education and Society)

Yale's Reports, published in 1828, is a seminalpublication for understanding the development of American higher education. Giving highest priority to critical thinking skills, this fifty-six-page pamphlet played a central role in clearly delineating teaching objectives, modes of learning, and range of curriculum for the nation s colleges. In a deeply researched and well-crafted analytical narrative, David B. Potts introduces Yale s document, probes its origins and message, surveys its national reception, and assesses its import for liberal education, both then and now. His broadly contextual approach helps readers understand why the young republic, informed and encouraged by Yale s rationale, became a land of liberal arts colleges. Yale's Reports, published in 1828, is a seminal publication for understanding the development of American higher education. Giving highest priority to critical thinking skills, this fifty-six-page pamphlet played a central role in clearly delineating teaching objectives, modes of learning, and range of curriculum for the nation's colleges. In a deeply researched and well-crafted analytical narrative, David B. Potts introduces Yale's document, probes its origins and message, surveys its national reception, and assesses its import for liberal education, both then and now. His broadly contextual approach helps readers understand why the young republic, informed and encouraged by Yale's rationale, became a land of liberal arts colleges Front Matter....Pages i-xix Introductory Essay....Pages 1-73 American Colleges: Fall 1828....Pages 75-84 Reports on the Course of Instruction in Yale College (1828)....Pages 85-140 Annotations for Yale’s Reports of 1828....Pages 141-155 Yale’s Undergraduate Curriculum 1828/29....Pages 156-162 The Substance of Two Reports of the Faculty of Amherst College (1827)....Pages 163-184 Amherst’s Undergraduate Curriculum 1828/29....Pages 186-192 Remarks on Changes Lately Proposed or Adopted, in Harvard University (1825)....Pages 193-218 Harvard’s Undergraduate Curriculum 1827/28....Pages 219-221 A Note on the Research....Pages 223-226 Context for a Compelling and Cogent Case Roger L. Geiger....Pages 227-234 Back Matter....Pages 235-242 This is an indispensable reference point for understanding the development of American higher education and this book provides the first comprehensive look at its long-standing impact