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ERIC Number: EJ352732
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The "Other Jeffersons" and the State University Idea.
Johnson, Eldon L.
Journal of Higher Education, v58 n2 p127-50 Mar-Apr 1987
Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia as the quintessential beginning of the state university is seen as simplistic. Two contributors to the new type university, William R. Davie and Abraham Baldwin are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), College Administration, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Innovation, State Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Davie (William R); Jefferson (Thomas)