Secondary Education in a Changing World: Linking Secondary and Higher Education, 1870–1910

VanOverbeke, M.

This book explores the efforts of educational reformers who sought to link secondary and higher education in the decades after 1870. Through various state, regional, and national initiatives, these reformers created a hierarchical system, laid the foundation for a growing standardization in education, and influenced who would have access to college. Neither higher education nor the secondary branches dominated the other in creating this educational system. Rather, through debate, argument, and accommodation, the two levels mutually shaped each other in a time of significant political and economic change. Reformers today wrestle with this legacy as they continue to forge connections between the two educational levels.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-05-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230606289

DOI: 10.1057/9780230612594

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 224