Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. General Introduction 1
4. Part 1 German Research Universities
5. Chapter 1 Report to King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Germany 13
6. Chapter 2 On the Importance of Protestant Universities in Germany 22
7. Chapter 3 What Is Universal History and Why Study It? An Inaugural Academic Lecture 29
8. Chapter 4 Occasional Thoughts on German Universities in the German Sense 45
9. Chapter 5 A Plan, Deduced from First Principles, for an Institution of Higher Learning to Be Established in Berlin, Connected to and Subordinate to an Academy of Sciences 67
10. Chapter 6 Lectures on the Method of Academic Study 84
11. Chapter 7 On Germany’s Educational System 105
12. Part 2 Americans Abroad and Returning
13. Chapter 8 Letters to Thomas Jefferson and Edward Everett 123
14. Chapter 9 American Colleges and German Universities 136
15. Chapter 10 On German Universities 144
16. Chapter 11 German Universities: A Narrative of Personal Experience 154
17. Part 3 American Adaptations
18. Chapter 12 The Morrill Act 165
19. Chapter 13 The Utility of Universities 170
20. Chapter 14 Opening Exercises 187
21. Chapter 15 The Relations of the National and State Governments to Advanced Education 203
22. Chapter 16 The University and Democracy 215
23. Part 4 Undergraduate Education in the University
24. Chapter 17 The New Education 229
25. Chapter 18 Inaugural Address 248
26. Chapter 19 Liberty in Education 265
27. Chapter 20 The New Departure in College Education, Being a Reply to President Eliot’s Defence of It 280
28. Chapter 21 On the Future of Our Educational Institutions 295
29. Part 5 Diversity and Inclusion: Female University Students
30. Chapter 22 Diversity and Inclusion: Introduction 309
31. Chapter 23 Higher Schools for Girls and Their Mission: Companion Essay 314
32. Chapter 24 Women at the German Universities: Letters to the Editor of the Nation 320
33. Chapter 25 Decree on the Admission of Women to Universities 328
34. Part 6 General Education
35. Chapter 26 General Education: Introduction 333
36. Chapter 27 Editorial: A Focus for Freshmen 338
37. Chapter 28 The New Freshman Course in Columbia College 343
38. Chapter 29 General Education 346
39. Chapter 30 The Higher Learning in a Democracy 356
40. Acknowledgments 367
41. Notes 369
42. Bibliography 383
43. Index 389