Presentation created to introduce freshmen to the history of the university system

1. FDLS 110
11/26/2012
Professor Jones

2.  Founded in 1088
 Bologna, Italy
 Probably the first
university in the
western world
 Model for modern
universities

3.  Oxford University (circa 1100, UK)
 University of Paris (circa 1100, France)
 University of Modena (1175, Italy)
 University of Cambridge (1209, UK)
 University of Salamanca (1218, Spain)
 Edinburgh (1583, Scotland)

4. 1607 – Founding of Jamestown,VA
1620 – Pilgrims & the Mayflower
 1636 – Founding of Harvard College
 First college in the USA
 By vote of the Great and General
Court of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony
 Wealthy, white males only
 “Established to provide a learned
ministry to the colonies”
(President & Fellows of Harvard College, 2012)

5. Year College FoundedAs
1636 Harvard University Harvard College
1693 William & Mary
1701 Yale
1746 Princeton College of New Jersey
1754 Columbia King’s College
1755 University of Pennsylvania College of Philadelphia
1765 Brown College of Rhode Island
1766 Rutgers Queen’s College
1769 Dartmouth

6.  Greek and Latin
 Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic
 Bible and Religion
 Philosophy and History
 Mathematics
 Physics
 Botany
 Astronomy
 Prescribed course of study, memorization,
strict codes of conduct, corporal punishment
(Urban & Wagoner, 2009, p.52)

7.  1772 - Salem College (NC)
 Founded for women
 1836 -Wesleyan College (GA)
 First to grant degrees to women
 1854 - Ashmun Institute (PA)
 First college forAfricanAmerican males
 Now Lincoln University
 1881 – Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary (GA)
 Now Spelman College
 America’s oldest HBC for women

8.  President Lincoln, 1862
 For public colleges &
universities
 “Working class”
 University of Georgia
 FortValley State
 GATech, GA Southern
& GA State

9.  BeforeWWII – Less than 5% of adults
 Today – about 25%
 1931 – Board of Regents, USG
 1944 – GI Bill
 Nontraditional, adult learners
 Evening programs & other options
 Distance learning & technology

10.  Does the USA value
education?
 Is it too easy to earn
a degree today?
 What is the purpose
of higher education?

11. Maehl, W. H. (2004). Adult degrees and the learning society. New
Directions for Adult & Continuing Education, (103), 5-16.
President & Fellows of Harvard College. (2012). A brief history of
HarvardCollege. Retrieved from
http://www.college.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k61161&tab
groupid=icb.tabgroup85886
Rudolph, F. (1977). Curriculum: A history of the American undergraduate
course of study since1636. San Francisco, CA: Josey Bass.
Urban,W. J., &Wagoner, Jr., J. L. (2008). American education: A history
(4th Ed.). NewYork, NY: Routledge.