American Higher Education

President not Faculty

Consistent mission for college

Sense of Ownership by Community

"College on the Hill"

State Schools

Support Agricultural Reserach

Practical Skills

Midwest and West

GI Bill

Mass College Enrollment

Large Influx of Federal Money

A university needs to be everything to everyone

Federal Government dictates that state schools must coloborate

Federal Research Money

Created the Reasearch University

Getting the largest piece of the pie became as important as teaching

Reasearch first, teaching second

Teaching Assistants teach while professors research

Tenure tied to research money

The idea that college is an expereince

Drinking/Party Culture

Best Years of your Life

Education Secondary

Tution Assistance

Federal Grants

GI Bill

Federal Subsidized Loans