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A quick overview of higher education in America #ACCI #Collegeadmission #Collegecounseling
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Founded in 1876, this was the first American research university.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Duke University
Johns Hopkins University
University of California
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The first African American woman to earn a bachelor's degree graduated in this year (Oberlin).
1856
1844
1862
1902
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First introduced in 1917, this was the first mass-administered IQ test.
Binet-Simon Scale
Leader Follower
The Army Alpha
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
4
The colonial colleges were modeled upon these schools which belonged to mother England.
University of Glasgow & University of Edinburgh
Cambridge & Oxford
Cambridge & St. Andrews
Oxford & St. Andrews
5
This U.S. president was one of the earliest proponents of primary through college education.
Hoover
Lincoln
Jefferson
Jackson
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Founded in 1636, this is the oldest institution of higher ed in the United States.
The College of William and Mary
St. John's College
Yale University
Harvard
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Why did colleges begin relying on the privately developed admissions tests: the ACT and SAT?
The US has no national secondary school curriculum
To recognize pure intelligence
High school exit examinations differ
Both no national secondary curriculum & exit exams differ
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Term for higher education showing a period of unprecedented growth during the 1960s and 70s.
democratization
transformation
massification
maturation
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Jefferson founded this university to be secular or free of church influence.
The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
The University of Virginia
William and Mary
Virginia Commonwealth University
10
The U.S. Department of Education counts this many degree awarding postsecondary institutions.
3,400
7,500
9,000
4,200
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The Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1890:
Was aimed at the former Confederate states
All of the above
Led to the creation of sixteen black institutions
Opened schools to more than whites
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In 1953, Eisenhower said, “Why, this is how I always thought a college should look!”
Dartmouth
Harvard
Yale
Brown
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Established in 1789, this is the nation's oldest Catholic and Jesuit university.
Saint Louis University
Georgetown University
Fordham University
Xavier University
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The federal government played almost no role in HE until this.
Pure Food and Drug Act
World War II
World War I
Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907
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The founders of colonial colleges desired to:
Provide learned ministers
All of the above
Provide the new generation of educators in America
Provide leaders in political arenas
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This act donated federal territory to the states for the establishment of public universities.
Harrison Land Act of 1800
Land Act of 1804
Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862
Land Act of 1820
17
In 1944, this was signed by President Franklin Roosevelt.
Yellow Ribbon Program
Social Security
Lend-Lease Act
G. I. Bill of Rights
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This occurrence led to the National Defense Education Act in 1958.
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon
Launch of Soviet earth-orbiting satellite, Sputnik
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Sinking of Titanic
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The first woman to earn a bachelor's degree graduated in this year (Georgia Female College).
1865
1900
1840
1915
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These three colleges believe they are the oldest public university in the nation.
UGA, UNC, William & Mary
UPENN, UNC, William & Mary
UGA, UVA, William & Mary
UNC, UVA, William & Mary
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Established in 1845, this is the oldest continually operating institution of higher ed in TX.
None of the above
Texas A&M
Baylor University
Southwestern University
