"Character of a University": The Journey of a College President in the Early Republic

Autor/in	Cousins, James P.
Titel	"Character of a University": The Journey of a College President in the Early Republic
Quelle	In: American Educational History Journal, 41 (2014) 1, S.21-40 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1535-0584
Schlagwörter	College Presidents; Educational History; Clergy; Self Concept; Historiography; Biographies; Professional Identity; Universities; Institutional Advancement; Kentucky + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College president; Hochschulpräsident; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Klerus; Selbstkonzept; Geschichtsschreibung; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; University; Universität; nicht übertragen
Abstract	Reverend Horace Holley, a New England-born, Yale-educated, Unitarian minister from Boston, was offered the presidency of Transylvania University in the town of Lexington, Kentucky, in 1817. He investigated the opportunity by way of a "tour of inquiry," a circuitous route west through notable "literary establishments" of the east. His purpose was to learn the character of higher learning--the content, expectations, uses, and structures of America's colleges--in anticipation of his start at Transylvania. This article interprets Reverend Horace Holley's reflections as part of a larger narrative of academic self-identity and therefore sits at the intersection of two distinct yet complimentary historiographic traditions, biographies of early college presidents and the history of American professionalism. (ERIC).
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Update	2020/1/01