General Introduction
Part 1 German Research Universities
1 Friedrich Gedike, Report to King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Germany
2 Johann David Michaelis, On the Importance of Protestant Universities in Germany
3 Friedrich Schiller, What Is Universal History and Why Study It? An Inaugural Academic Lecture
4 Friedrich Schleiermacher, Occasional Thoughts on German Universities in the German Sense
5 J. G. Fichte, A Plan, Deduced from First Principles, for an Institution of Higher Learning to Be Established in Berlin, Connected to and Subordinate to an Academy of Sciences
6 F. W. J. Schelling, Lectures on the Method of Academic Study
7 Wilhelm von Humboldt, On Germany’s Educational System
Part 2 Americans Abroad and Returning
8 George Ticknor and George Bancroft, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and Edward Everett
9 Richard Theodore Ely, American Colleges and German Universities
10 Henry Tappan, On German Universities
11 James M. Hart, German Universities: A Narrative of Personal Experience
Part 3 American Adaptations
12 The Morrill Act
13 Daniel Coit Gilman, The Utility of Universities
14 G. Stanley Hall, Opening Exercises
15 Andrew D. White, The Relations of the National and State Governments to Advanced Education
16 William Rainey Harper, The University and Democracy
Part 4 Undergraduate Education in the University
17 Charles William Eliot, The New Education
18 Noah Porter, Inaugural Address
19 Charles William Eliot, Liberty in Education
20 James McCosh, The New Departure in College Education, Being a Reply to President Eliot’s Defence of It
21 Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Future of Our Educational Institutions
Part 5 Diversity and Inclusion: Female University Students
22 Diversity and Inclusion: Introduction
23 Helene Lange, Higher Schools for Girls and Their Mission: Companion Essay
24 J.B.S. and M.F.K., Women at the German Universities: Letters to the Editor of the Nation
25 Decree on the Admission of Women to Universities
Part 6 General Education
26 General Education: Introduction
27 Charles Sears Baldwin, Editorial: A Focus for Freshmen
28 John J. Coss, The New Freshman Course in Columbia College
29 Robert Maynard Hutchins, General Education
30 Harry D. Gideonse, The Higher Learning in a Democracy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index