THE HISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
History of Higher Education in the United States Timeline
Nov 16, 2014
In the United States, Higher Education began as a way to establish one's social standing. It wasn't until the Industrial Age that Higher Education was expected to help students enter the job market. This timeline highlights these important periods of transformation in the history of Higher Education in the United States.
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THE HISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
THE COLONIAL PERIOD
1802 1819 1824 18361636 1849
Harvard College opens as 1st institution of Higher Education in America
Official separation between Private & Public colleges
(Dartmouth)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute opens as 1st
Technical College
West Point Academy opens as 1st religiously
separate college
Wesleyan College opens as 1st women’s
college
Most influential for-profit college is founded:
Bryant & Stratton
1852
Avery College opens as the first college for African American
students
Colonial colleges taught a classical education that focused on man’s place in society. Colonial Colleges were based on the Oxford model with powerful presidents that believed in behaviorist teaching models.
20151740 1746 1754 1764 1766 17691636 1693 1701
William and Mary University of Pennsylvania
Rutgers University
Yale University Dartmouth
College
Colonial Colleges
Columbia University
Brown University
Princeton University
Harvard University
THE INDUSTRIAL PERIOD
1873 1883 1890 1891 1892 19011862 1865 1868
Department of Education
begins
1st correspondence degrees are offered by Chautauqua College
Correspondence Courses teach
English and mining safety
Land Grant universities offer correspondence courses (U. of
Wisconsin & Penn State College)
2nd Morrill Act strengthens and builds separate, but
equal land grant universities
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology opens
Correspondence Education comes to
the Untied States
1st Morrill Act helps found 50+ Land Grant
Universities
1st 2-year college opens as Joliet Junior College
Industrial Age universities taught both a liberal arts and vocational education that focused on service and utility. These colleges were based on German models, which established academic departments. These universities used both behaviorist and cognitive teaching models.
THE TRANSFORMATION PERIOD
1960s 1964 1965 1970s 1972 1980s1944 1947 1950s
Telecourses offered for credit Introduction of computers
Baby boomers come of age More than 457 Community Colleges Open
4 million 18-21 year-olds enroll
Teleconference courses offered for credit
The term nontraditional student is added to IPEDS
Higher Education Act is re-authorized
Higher Education Act Commission on Higher Education
Civil Rights ActWomen’s Lib Movement
GI Bill
During the transformation age, higher education began to be viewed as a right and characterized by universal access. These colleges believed in constructivist teaching models.
G.I. Bill
Paves the way for Adult Students
Commission on Higher Education Higher Education Act
Transformation Age Legislation
G.I. Bill
Paves the way for Adult Students
Commission on Higher Education Higher Education Act
Democratizes Higher Education through Open Enrollment
policies
Popularizes phrase Community College
Transformation Age Legislation
Promotes Technology, General Financial Aid , Institutional Aid, Pell Grants, Work-Study
Programs
Forbids bias based on sex or race
G.I. Bill
Paves the way for Adult Students
Commission on Higher Education Higher Education Act
Democratizes Higher Education through Open Enrollment
policies
Popularizes phrase Community College
Transformation Age Legislation
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