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Leaders in the Historical Study of American Education

Leaders in the Historical Study of American Education

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10 Roger L. Geiger, ed., The American College in the Nineteenth Century ( Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2000). 11 Roger L. Geiger and Creso M. Sá, Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth ...
Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise ...

Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise ...

Roger L. Geiger

Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth Roger L. Geiger, Creso M. Sá. Notes Chapter 1: Technology Transfer as University Mission 1. Adam R. Nelson, " Nationalist Science and International Academic Travel in the Early Nineteenth ...
To Advance Knowledge: The Growth of American Research ...

To Advance Knowledge: The Growth of American Research ...

Roger L. Geiger

The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940 Roger L. Geiger. 3. Research. Universities. from. World. War. I. to. 1930. The experience of waging total war, which had a visceral impact on the citizenry of the beleaguered European ...
Ineffably Urban: Imaging Buffalo

Ineffably Urban: Imaging Buffalo

Miriam Paeslack

Photography by Jordan Geiger 14.2 Beau-Fleuve section drawing. Copyright Jordan Geiger 14.3 Beau-Fleuve ... Geiger 14.4 Beau-Fleuve detail. Photography by Jordan Geiger Notes on Contributors Aaron Bartley is the co-founder of People.
Curriculum, accreditation, and coming of age of higher education

Curriculum, accreditation, and coming of age of higher education

Roger L. Geiger

This latest volume in Roger Geigers distinguished serieson the history of higher education begins with a rareglimpse into the minds of mid-nineteenth century collegians.Timothy J. Williams mines the diaries of studentsat the University of ...
Out in the Rural: A Mississippi Health Center and Its War on ...

Out in the Rural: A Mississippi Health Center and Its War on ...

Thomas J. Ward Jr.

Sobelson, “Participation, Power, and Place,” 74–75; Interview with Jack Geiger by Robert Korstad and Neil Boothby. Geiger notes, JGC; Interview with Jack Geiger by Robert Korstad and Neil Boothby. Dittmer, The Good Doctors, 63–65; ...
Martyrdom in Milwaukee: A Treatise on the Brookfield, ...

Martyrdom in Milwaukee: A Treatise on the Brookfield, ...

Thomas M. Geiger

Picture of Terry (standing), the author's brother, Hal and his two sons, Gabe (left) and Jordan Geiger (right) roughhousing while at a church convention, probably in Wisconsin Dells. have to say the word and the children should snap into ...
Star Ark: A Living, Self-Sustaining Spaceship

Star Ark: A Living, Self-Sustaining Spaceship

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Jordan Geiger and Mark Morris Two individual authors Geiger and Morris consider different tactics in exploring dimensions of scale and ambition in the construction of megastructures and development of world-building strategies implicit in ...
Research and Relevant Knowledge: American Research ...

Research and Relevant Knowledge: American Research ...

Roger L. Geiger

Although the vicissitudes of federal-university relations are one crucial element of this history, the focus is on the universities themselves, their internal aspirations to conduct research, and their adaptations to external constraints ...
History of Higher Education Annual 2002

History of Higher Education Annual 2002

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Roger L. Geiger. A Word for Every Occasion: John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the United Negro College Fund, 1944-1960 MARYBETH GASMAN The prevailing literature in the field of fundraising and philanthropy gives scant coverage to ...
The Land-Grant Colleges and the Reshaping of American Higher ...

The Land-Grant Colleges and the Reshaping of American Higher ...

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Roger L. Geiger, Nathan M. Sorber. criticizing the social changes accompanying a modernizing economy. As farmers faced financial ruin after the banking crash of 1873 and its resulting depression, they joined populist movements and ...
Perspectives History Higher Education V 25 2006

Perspectives History Higher Education V 25 2006

Roger L Geiger

Diana B. Turk, Bound by a Mighty Vow: Sisterhood and Women's Fraternities, 1870–1920 (New York: New York University Press, 2004). 5. Sophie F. Naylor Grubb, “Address delivered before the Alumni of the Female College at Jacksonville, ...
Perspectives on the History of Higher Education: 2007

Perspectives on the History of Higher Education: 2007

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Roger L. Geiger. of study so that students could move more easily from one educational level to the next. This study examines how educators reshaped higher and secondary education and how their reforms influenced schools and students.
The History of American Higher Education: Learning and ...

The History of American Higher Education: Learning and ...

Roger L. Geiger

This book tells the compelling saga of American higher education from the founding of Harvard College in 1636 to the outbreak of World War II. The most in-depth and authoritative history of the subject available, The History of American ...
Forlorn: An Eric Geiger Novel

Forlorn: An Eric Geiger Novel

Jeffrey McGraw

Unrequited love isn't coming of age. Simply put, unrequited love can be murder. Former Secret Service agent Eric Geiger returns to action in Forlorn, the latest novel by Jeffrey McGraw, author of the Ross Malone Thrillers.
American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: ...

American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: ...

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Colin Burke, American Collegiate Populations: A Test of the Traditional View ( New York: New York University Press, 1982); Roger L. Geiger, “The Era of Multipurpose Colleges in American Higher Education, 1850–1890” in American College, ...
A Visual Encyclopedia of Unconventional Medicine

A Visual Encyclopedia of Unconventional Medicine

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Supplement. Therapy. Honeycomb Ginseng root High Protein Next to water, protein is the most plentiful. 143 NUTRITION: SUPPLEMENTARY DIETS Roger Newman Turner Roger Newman Turner Roger Newman Turner Roger Newman Turner.
Coal Report

Coal Report

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What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Life as Me

What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Life as Me

Roger Lewis

This is Roger Lewis at his best: more cantankerous and curmudgeonly wit and musings about the pointlessness of life. Dark, witty and hilarious, Roger Lewis has a real way with words.
Roger Craig's Tales from the San Francisco 49ers Sideline

Roger Craig's Tales from the San Francisco 49ers Sideline

Roger Craig

Roger Craig, Matt Maiocco, Bill Walsh. Suddenly, I went from being depressed about the loss we had just suffered to being excited about the upcoming season. I wanted to put the team on my back and lead the way to the Super Bowl the ...
The Complete Writings of Roger Williams, Volume 7: Perry ...

The Complete Writings of Roger Williams, Volume 7: Perry ...

Roger Williams

Shortly after the U.S. Civil War, a group of men in Providence, Rhode Island, calling themselves the Narragansett Club, determined to rescue the widely scattered literary remains of Roger Williams. The happy result of their efforts was the ...
Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion

Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion

Roger Angell

Roger Angell’s chronicle of baseball’s most fascinating and unforgettable years Classic New Yorker sportswriter Roger Angell calls 1972 to 1976 “the most important half-decade in the history of the game.” The early to mid-1970s ...
The Collected Papers of Roger Harrison

The Collected Papers of Roger Harrison

Roger Harrison

The Collected Papers of Roger Harrison brings the author's hard-to-find classic works together with new material written expressly for this collection.

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