Berlin, the Mother of All Research Universities - 18601918

This authoritative study analyzes the development of the modern research university through the original "new model" institution at the University of Berlin. It examines the circumstances of its rise, the scope of its influence, and the challenges that will face university systems based on this model in the twenty-first century.

List of contents

Chapter 1: From the Ashes of Defeat to the Needs of a New Empire
Chapter 2: "The Intellectual Bodyguard": The Professors of Friedrich Wilhelm University
Chapter 3: State and University: Finance, Control and Academic Freedom
Chapter 4: The Structural Model "Modern Research University" in National and International Comparison
Chapter 5: Students' Relationships to Professors, Finances, and the Social Order
Chapter 6: Minorities, Women, Privilege, and Subculture
Chapter 7: The Public Sphere and Political Culture
Chapter 8: The University in Public Opinion, Issues and Movements of the Day
Chapter 9: The University and World War I: Preparing, Fighting, and Struggling to Recover
Chapter 10: A Tarnished Model among World Adaptors

About the author

By Charles E. McClelland

Summary

This authoritative study analyzes the development of the modern research university through the original “new model” institution at the University of Berlin. It examines the circumstances of its rise, the scope of its influence, and the challenges that will face university systems based on this model in the twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Charles E McClelland, Charles E. McClelland, McClelland Charles E.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781498540209
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4020-9
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, EDUCATION / History, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, General & world history, History of Education, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General