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1
What was the Yale Report of 1828?
A report on the Harvard/Yale rivalry
A report in favor of college elective classes
A report that advocated for a new vocational curriculum in colleges
A report that advocated for the classical curriculum in colleges
2
Progressives believed that society could be cured through democracy and public service.
True
False
3
College football is the first example of the Extracurriculum.
False
True
4
Electives were developed because college students enjoyed the traditional college curriculum and did not want to change.
False
True
5
What were some of the outcomes of the Elective Principle?
Greater equality between subjects
Students taking ownership of their education
The development of specialization and diverse majors
Students being free to take whatever classes they wanted to
6
These are the characteristics of the "new" college professor in the late 1800s.
Had a doctoral degree
Profesional
All of the above
Focused on research before teaching
7
Who was an early champion of the elective movement?
President Charles Eliot
President Howard Taft
President Daniel Lewis
President James McCosh
8
Which of these ideas that developed on college campuses was NOT influenced by Progressive ideas?
The Honor Code
Student Government
College Football
Senior Honor Societies
9
Opponents to the elective movement felt that these people know what classes provided a good education.
College Professors
Students
The Federal Government
The Board of Trustees
10
Why were some critics demanding a move back to a liberal arts curriculum in the 1990s?
They wanted to teach Greek and Latin
They wanted to get rid of electives
They were concerned about students being too focused on money
They thought that students couldn't read
11
These types of colleges were called “Coordinate” colleges.
Finishing schools like Finch College
Colleges where women could earn their MRS. degree like Georgia Tech
Separate colleges affiliated with a men's college like Radcliffe & Harvard
Land-Grant Colleges/State Universities like Cornell
12
What were tenure and Academic Freedom supposed to protect professors from?
Being fired for poor teaching
Pressure to avoid controversial topics in the classroom
Not being allowed to attend football games
Being required to publish
13
What were the driving forces behind the growth of the Extracurriculum?
Created bonds that would advance a student's future ambitions
All of the above
The increasing importance of physical appearence
Academics did not meet the emotional needs of students
14
A "Normal" school teaches the "norms" and standards of how to teach.
True
False
15
What general subjects were the Land-Grant colleges established to teach?
Religion and Public Service
Liberal and Classical Arts
Women's Studies
The Agricultural and Mechanical Arts
16
The Land-Grant Colleges represent the earliest involvement of this actor/organization in higher education in the U.S.
The Federal Government
President Lincoln
Justin S. Morrill
The state of Iowa
17
The Extension Movement focused on providing college-level education to people in the local community.
True
False
18
What was the Great Awakening?
A Christian Revival in the American Colonies from 1730-1755
A religious movement opposed to the Revolution
The first class of the day in the colonial colleges
A movement in the colonies to "wake up" from English oppression
19
The motto of modern professors is; "Publish or Perish".
False
True
20
The traditional college professor in the 18th and 19th centuries was seen as eccentric, bumbling, a "character".
False
True
21
The Women’s College movement is closely tied to the Land-Grant Colleges and the State University System.
False
True
22
What was the division of work between faculty and the President?
Faculty=Day to day operations, President = fundraising
All decisions had to be approved by the faculty senate
Faculty=academics and admissions, President = everything else
All decisions were made by the President
23
What ideals are associated with the Land-Grant colleges and State Universities?
The Progressive Ideal of access to college
The German focus on academic Quality
the Jacksonian ideal of practical education
All of the above
24
The application of university knowledge to solve governmental and societal problems is called...
Progressivism
The Stanford Experiment
Republicanism
The Wisconsin Idea
25
Dinesh D'Souza criticized Political Correctness as preferential treatment for women and minorities.
False
True
26
Increasing populism was the major change in higher education from the Colonial era through the end of the 19th cent
True
False
27
In the antebellum period, college attendance remained the prerogative of the wealthy and aristocratic
True
False
28
Why did the College Movement happen?
A belief in American Progress as symbolized by the creation of a college
All of the above
Attempts to re-create the Eastern Colleges in the West
Competition between states and towns
29
Which one of these is NOT an issue for 21st century Higher Education?
The lack of qualified doctoral students to go into academia
How we measure "success" in college
The shift towards more adjunct faculty
Who has access to HE and who completes?
30
College professors were criticized in the late 20th century for what reasons?
Professors spent too much time on research and not enough on teaching
All of the above
Professors created junk research that was of no value
Professors were lazy and didn't have enough work to do
31
Who were the faculty of the colonial colleges?
Aristocratic, English, Clergy-men
Women of high social standing
Young men from the New World
Italian artists and poets
32
What was the "Classical" curriculum?
Social Studies, Psychology and Medicine
Reading, Writing and Arithmatic
Ancient languages, mathematics, logic, and rhetoric
Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Archeology
33
What were some of the organizational characteristics of modern universities that developed in the early 1900s?
Larger buildings
Professors divided in to academic departments and hierarchies
Faculty lounges and clubs
Student discipline and corporal punishment
34
What were the two types of college instructors in the 19th century?
Faculty and Administrators
Faculty and Teaching Assistants
Adjunct Faculty and Tenured Faculty
Professors and Tutors
35
Each of the religious colleges founded in this period required students to join their religious group.
True
False
36
In the early 1800s it was considered acceptable for women to attend college to study these subjects.
Computer Programming, Astrophysics and Micro-Biology
Home Economics, Dance and Jazz
Mathematics, Engineering and Accounting
Religion, Teaching and Liberal Arts
37
Why did the American colonists decide to create colleges?
To train men for the clergy and public service
To train women for farming
As a social club
To train new engineers
38
The Dartmouth Case (1819) helped to define the difference between public and private colleges in the U.S.
False
True
39
The characteristics of Land-Grant Colleges were developed in the Mid-West and the West
False
True
40
Why did many countries imitate the German University system?
The focus on timeliness helped train workers for factory jobs
The German academic regalia was impressive
The focus on research results in improvements in society and the economy
Fear of German military might
41
What was the College Settlement Movement?
A new method of settling disputes in dorms without violence
A movement among college students to serve and educate the poor
Students agreeing to go to a college that is not their first choice
An attempt to get students to live in the Western U.S.
42
Critics were concerned that too many students were in college and that this caused a drop in standards.
True
False
43
What is a "Mulitiversity"?
The University trying to be "all things to all people"
Universities treating students as customers buying an "education product"
All of the above
Education packaged for large groups of students
44
Due to the "massification" of HE around the globe, many more students can attend college.
True
False
45
What are the characteristics of the American "Collegiate Way"?
Residential colleges focused on shaping student's moral character
Commuter colleges focused on vocational education
Non-traditional colleges focused on academics
Large universities focused on research
46
Where does the worldwide model of higher education come from?
The peripatetic school of Aristotle
The Spanish and Italian University model
The Islamic Madrasah
The French and English University model
47
What is the act that established the Land Grant Colleges?
The Stamp Act of 1765
The Morrill Acts of 1862 & 1890
All of the above
The Civil War
48
Of the 700 colleges founded between 1780 and 1860, 450 of them failed.
False
True
49
The students at the colonial colleges came from diverse racial, social and economic backgrounds.
False
True
50
Colonial colleges were usually near towns and cities, Antebellum colleges were usually in the country.
False
True