Archive for the ‘University’ Category
admin on May 4th, 2010
First university in the United States is a status asserted by more than one U.S. university. In the U.S. there is no official definition of what entitles an institution to be considered a university versus a college, and the common understanding of “university” has evolved over time. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica tells the story of the gradual emergence of U.S. “universities” thus:[1]
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In the United States the word university has been applied to institutions of the most diverse character, and it is only since 1880 or thereabouts that an effort has been seriously made to distinguish between collegiate and university instruction; nor has that effort yet completely succeeded. Harvard, William and Mary, and Yale … were organized in the days of colonial poverty, on the plans of the English colleges which constitute the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Graduates of Harvard and Yale carried these British traditions to other places, and similar colleges grew up in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Rhode Island…. Around or near these nuclei, during the course of the 19th century, one or more professional schools were frequently attached, and so the word university was naturally applied to a group of schools associated more or less closely with a central school or college. Harvard, for example, most comprehensive of all, has seventeen distinct departments, and Yale has almost as many. Columbia and Penn have a similar scope. In the latter part of the 19th century Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Brown, in recognition of their enlargement, formally changed their titles from colleges to universities. |
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The issue is further confused by the fact that at time of founding of many of the institutions in question, the U.S. didn’t exist as a country. Moreover, questions of institutional continuity sometimes make it difficult to determine the true “age” of any institution.
admin on May 4th, 2010
The Johns Hopkins University’s website states “The Johns Hopkins University is the first research university in the United States.” The distinctively American model of the research university came into being in the nineteenth century when the German model of the elite scientific research institute offering specialized graduate training was “grafted” onto the traditional American undergraduate liberal arts college. Following the lead of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, fifteen American institutions came to define the American research university: some of them private, such as Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, Pennsylvania, and Yale; others, state and land grant universities, such as the University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois, and the University of California; still others, new universities made possible by private bequests, such as Stanford, Caltech, MIT, and the University of Chicago. These institutions have produced the vast majority of Ph.D.s in the nation for the past century. Many here today are graduates of these elite universities, and very nearly everyone who has attended a college or university in the nation has been taught by faculty who are their graduates.[7]
Blog for iplittle on December 31st, 2008
Based on the anti-Nazi propaganda book by Gregor Ziemer and directed by Clyde Geronimi, this cartoon portrays the life of one of the Hitler Youth.
Go here to see the original:
Walt Disney "Education for Death" (1943)
Blog for iplittle on December 31st, 2008
Air Date: 22 February 1986 Season 1: Episode 20 An adult education teacher offers Blanche a passing grade in his course if she sleeps with him.
Read the original:
Golden Girls – Adult Education 1/3
admin on December 27th, 2008
A old banned Walt Disney cartoon I found on the net. Antinazi propaganda.
Read more:
Walt Disney Cartoon – Hitler’s Children Education For Death
admin on December 24th, 2008
Alex and Jim talk about the differences in the education/school-system of Germany and the USA. Alex (from Germany) and Jim (from the USA) talk about cultural differences and similarities between Germany and the USA.
See the original post here:
Germany vs USA – Education-System
Blog for iplittle on December 24th, 2008
The Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School in Midland, Michigan is becoming legendary in its 71st year of classes
Read more from the original source:
Santa Claus School Workshop
ISA on December 22nd, 2008
Aimed at parents of students with disabilities, this video covers the special education process, including Evaluation, Referral, Creation of the Individualized Education Plan, Placement, and Annual Review. Also touched on are Extended School Year Services and strategies for resolving disagreements.
Original post:
Introduction to Special Education
admin on December 21st, 2008
Millennialchild.com has created a short and lively introduction to Waldorf education through the paintings and drawings of Waldorf students, grades one through twelve. An informative narration by Eugene Schwartz describes the powerful impact the Waldorf method has on the developing child.
Original post:
Discover Waldorf Education: An Overview
ISA on December 21st, 2008
Music video for The Metros- Education Pt 2, directed by Indica for PTE.
Originally posted here:
The Metros – Education Pt. 2
