The SPCTEW and Western Colleges: Religion and Higher Education in Mid-Nineteenth Century America.

Findlay, James

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ERIC Number: EJ163088

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Publication Date: 1977

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The SPCTEW and Western Colleges: Religion and Higher Education in Mid-Nineteenth Century America

Findlay, James

History of Education Quarterly, 17, 1, 31-62, Spr 77

Describes the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West (SPCTEW), established in 1843 by evangelical Protestants. Based on information in the organization's letter files, the article analyzes SPCTEW's motivating religious attitudes, its development, and its decline. (AV)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Colleges, Educational History, Higher Education, Organizational Development, Religious Organizations, Social History, United States History

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