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Daniel Coit Gilman is one of the Gilded Age's most important university presidents, and finally we have a book about his influence at Berkeley and Johns Hopkins universities and the Carnegie Institute. His biographer is a university president, too. Michael T. Benson, president of Carolina Coastal University joins the show to talk about Gilman and the start of modern universities in America.
Essential Reading:
Michael T. Benson, Daniel Coit Gilman and the Modern University (2023).
Recommended Reading:
John Thelin, A History of American Higher Education (2019, third edition).
Jonathan Cole, The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be Protected (2012).
Hal Boyd and Michael Benson, "The Public University: Recalling Higher Education’s Democratic Purpose," NEA Journal (2015).
Daniel Coit Gilman’s inaugural speech (1876 at Johns Hopkins).
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Daniel Coit Gilman is one of the Gilded Age's most important university presidents, and finally we have a book about his influence at Berkeley and Johns Hopkins universities and the Carnegie Institute. His biographer is a university president, too. Michael T. Benson, president of Carolina Coastal University joins the show to talk about Gilman and the start of modern universities in America.
Essential Reading:
Michael T. Benson, Daniel Coit Gilman and the Modern University (2023).
Recommended Reading:
John Thelin, A History of American Higher Education (2019, third edition).
Jonathan Cole, The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be Protected (2012).
Hal Boyd and Michael Benson, "The Public University: Recalling Higher Education’s Democratic Purpose," NEA Journal (2015).
Daniel Coit Gilman’s inaugural speech (1876 at Johns Hopkins).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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