Spring 2008, Hybrid Course
Instructor: Jeffery L. Wilson, Ph.D.
Location: MGV (Mean Green Village) - B 121
Class meetings: Fridays, 4-7pm (only 4 dates)
Office Hours: M, Th.: 2-5p.m. & Other times by appointment
Telephone: (940) 369-8062
E-mail: Jeffery.Wilson@unt.edu
This course will examine European influences and the historical development of higher education in America from colonial to modern periods. There will be a review of key institutions, events, people and social trends illustrating the continuities, complexities, and changes in colleges and universities and the framework for future directions.
ASHE Readers Series. Boston, MA: Pearson.
Biography Posting 4 points
Journal Postings (3 ea.) 21 points
Historical Significance Paper 30 points
Contributions Impact Timeline (4 ea.) 20 points
Future Directions Paper 25 points
TOTAL 100 points
Brief Biography Posting (photos optional): Before the first live class session, post a brief biography about yourself. Be sure to include your major and minor, your current position and career aspirations.
Journal Postings: Every other week, students will post comments on a particular topic or questions for a threaded discussion, started by the instructor, with class colleagues.
Historical Significance Paper: Select an event, a person, a movement, or a social economic change and discuss the impact/influence it had on the development of higher education. Explain the significance of your choice. The paper should follow APA style
including a bibliography. The length is determined by the subject.
Impact Timeline Development: As you read and research, when you find an event of relevance to the development of Higher Education in the United States, you will post that to the course WebCT thread that will be developed by the class. Through the semester, this “thread” will grow and evolve to its conclusion at the end of the course. It will be reviewed and discussed in the last live class session.
Future Directions Paper: Higher Education is poised at a tipping point. Through scanning of the external and internal environments and with an analysis of historical trends, discuss possible and probable changes in higher education for the 21st Century. What are the catalysts that will cause these changes? Support your predictions with documentation from the literature, but do not be reluctant to create a new paradigm.
Dates Assignment(s) Due
Wk. 1 Introductions and course overview Biography Posting
Wk. 2 Colonial Period
Reading: Cohen, 9-50
Journal Posting #1
Wk. 3
Feb. 1 FACE TO FACE CLASS SESSION
Wk. 4 The Emergent Nation and Higher Education
Reading: Cohen, 51-96
Journal Posting #2
Wk. 5 Historical Research Paper Work Session – On your on
Wk. 6 University Transformation Era: Curriculum, Changing Role of Faculty, Land Grant & Transformation
Reading: Cohen, 97-150
Journal Posting #3
Wk. 7 The Nation Industrializes
Reading: Cohen, 151-174
Wk. 8
March 7 FACE TO FACE CLASS SESSION
Historical Research Paper Due
Wk. 9 Mass Higher Education: Growth and Changes
Reading: Cohen, 175-222
Journal Posting #4
Wk. 10 SPRING BREAK
Wk. 11 Mass Higher Education: Research
Reading: Cohen, 222-290 Journal Posting #5
Wk. 12
April 4 FACE TO FACE CLASS SESSION
Wk. 13 Contemporary Era, Emerging Expectations
Reading: Cohen, 291-436 Journal Posting #6
Wk. 14 Future Directions Paper Work Session – On your own
Wk. 15 Trends and Issues for the Future
Reading: Cohen, 437-458 Journal Posting #7
Wk. 16
May 2 FACE TO FACE CLASS SESSION
Future Directions Paper Due