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ERIC Number: EJ159887
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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"College Enthusiasm!" As Public Response, 1800-1860
Potts, David B.
Harvard Educational Review, 47, 1, 28-42, 77
Reviews evidence that suggests that institutions of higher learning were increasingly accessible to students from less wealthy backgrounds between 1800 and 1860, that their curricula became more flexible, and that enrollments grew increasingly rapid during this period. (Editor)
Descriptors: College Attendance, Educational History, Educational Research, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Historiography
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