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ERIC Number: EJ163089
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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The Theological Seminary in the Configuration of American Higher Education: The Ante-Bellum Years
Naylor, Natalie A.
History of Education Quarterly, 17, 1, 17-30, Spr 77
Describes the theological seminary as the first graduate professional school to be successfully established in America. In addition to training ministers, the seminary provided advanced education for men who became professors and presidents of liberal arts colleges. The seminary was the functional equivalent of the university in ante-bellum America. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Role, Educational History, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Religious Education, Theological Education, United States History, Universities
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