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Zusatztext "Here we have finally an outstanding historian writing about a significant institution. The writing is lively; the case study is connected to the larger domains of American higher education. It provides an antidote to the familiar reasons that institutional history has been maligned or ignored. Axtell's story gets off to a great start due to his historical candor. . . . Thanks to James Axtell's exciting, thorough history, a reader moves steadily to consider that it is daring for a university to be different and distinctive." ---John R. Thelin, Journal of Higher Education Informationen zum Autor James Axtell is Kenan Professor of Humanities at the College of William & Mary. A graduate of Yale and Cambridge universities, he is the author or editor of seventeen books, including the prize-winning The Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America and The Pleasures of Academe: A Celebration & Defense of Higher Education . He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004. Klappentext In 1902! Professor Woodrow Wilson steered a blueprint for remaking the too-cozy college into an intellectual powerhouse. "The Making of Princeton University" tells! for the first time! the story of how the university adapted and updated Wilson's blueprint to transform itself into the prestigious institution it is today. Zusammenfassung In 1902, Professor Woodrow Wilson took the helm of Princeton University, then a small denominational college. But Wilson had a blueprint for remaking the too-cozy college into an intellectual powerhouse. This book tells how the University adapted and updated Wilson's vision to transform itself into the prestigious institution.
