History of Higher Education in America
This page is for students enrolled in EDHE 730 at the University of South Carolina

Course Information for Fall 2024

Instructor: Christian K. Anderson
Fall 2024 ​Tuesdays, 1:15 - 4:00 p.m.
274-O Wardlaw College

• Syllabus
• Class Schedule
• ​Office Hours: Wednesdays, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. (in-person or via zoom)

Texts

• Thelin, John R. A History of American Higher Education. (3rd Ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
• Thelin, John R. Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education. (2nd Ed.) Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. (On Reserve)
• Greene II, Robert and Tyler D. Parry (Eds.), Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2021. (Available electronically.)
• Additional readings and videos listed on the Class Schedule

Other Histories of Higher Education

• John S. Brubacher & Willis Rudy. Higher Education in Transition: A History of American Colleges and Universities (Transaction Publishers, 1958/1997).
• Arthur M. Cohen & Carrie B. Kisker. The Shaping of American Higher Education: Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System (Jossey- Bass, 2010).
• Roger L. Geiger. The History of American Higher Education: Learning and Culture from the Founding to World War II (Princeton University Press, 2015).
• Roger L. Geiger. American Higher Education since World War II: A History (Princeton University Press, 2019).
• Haskins, Charles Homer. The Rise of Universities. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1923/1957. Available online at JSTOR or Google Books.
• Philo A. Hutcheson. A People’s History of American Higher Education (Routledge, 2019).
• Christopher J. Lucas. American Higher Education: A History (Palgrave, 2006).
• Frederick Rudolph. The American College & University: A History (The University of Georgia Press, 1962/1990).

History of Higher Education Resources

University of South Carolina History

• Our History (UofSC Website)
• History of the Horseshoe (UofSC Website)
• Presidential Commission on University History
• Published Histories of UofSC
• Remembering the Days Podcast
• South Caroliniana Library ([email protected])
• Trustees Minutes
• Daily Gamecock Archives
• Garnet & Black (yearbook)
• The African American Experience at UofSC Tour
• Slavery at South Carolina College
• Dr. Brandt's UofSC Research Resources

​History of Education

• History of Education Society
• History of Education Quarterly 
• Perspectives on the History of Higher Education
• Organization of Educational Historians
• American Educational History Journal
• Southern History of Education Society (SHOES)​

​Writing History
​The best way to understand history is to do history. We do history by conducting research and writing up the results of our investigations. This requires reading published research, asking questions, and then going after the sources that will help us answer these questions. 

• Guidelines for Analyzing Historical Documents (From Thelin, 2014, p. xxi)
• American Historical Association. “Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct.”

Most historical publications (books, journals, magazines) use the Chicago Manual of Style as the guide for citing sources. The Notes and Bibliography style is easiest for citing primary sources. Most of the books and articles we read for this class use this as the style guide. Chapter 14.229 provides several examples of how to cite primary sources. You can also use this "cheat sheet" I created as an easy reference.

Use these as examples of how to cite your sources. Talk to Prof. Anderson about additional questions you have. 

A few books and resources that will prove useful for those who wish to dig deeper into historical questions and methods:

• Thomas Andrews and Flannery Burke, “What Does it Mean to Think Historically?” Perspectives on History (January 2007).
• Car. N. Degler. “Why Historians Change their Minds,” Pacific Historical Review 45 (May 1976), 167-184.
• “Doing History” podcast, Season 1 on “How Historians Work” 
• Marybeth Gasman (ed.), The History of U.S. Higher Education: Methods for Understanding the Past (Routledge, 2010). 
• Martha C. Howell & Walter Prevenier. From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods (Cornell University Press, 2005).