1st Edition
The History of U.S. Higher Education - Methods for Understanding the Past
Introduction, Marybeth Gasman
Section I. Methodological Approaches
1. "Within These Walls": Reading and Writing Institutional Histories, Darryl L. Peterkin
2. Oral History … As Scholarship, Katherine Chaddock
3. Autobiography and Biographical Research in Higher Education, Wayne Urban
4. "No Food, No Drinks, Pencil Only": Conducting and Interpreting Archival Research, Jordan R. Humphrey
5. The Literature Review as Scholarship: Using Critical Reviews and Historiography, Linda Eisenmann
Section II. Using a New Historical Lens
6. Horizontal History and Higher Education, John R. Thelin
7. Photographs as Primary Sources, Michael Bieze
8. Quantification and Cognitive History: Applying Social Science Theory and Method to Historical Data, Jane Robbins
9. Life History and Voice: On Standpoints and Reflexivity, William G. Tierney
Section III. Critical Examinations of Special Issues
10. "Poor" Research: Historiographical Challenges When Socio-Economic Status is the Unit of Analysis, Jana Nidiffer
11. Where is Your "Home"? Writing the History of Asian Americans in Higher Education, Sharon S. Lee
12. Beyond Black & White: Researching the History of Latinos in American Higher Education, Christopher Tudico
13. Writing through the Past: Federal Higher Education Policy, Philo Hutcheson
14. The Challenge of Writing the South, Amy E. Wells-Dolan
Epilogue. A Note about Footnotes, Jane Robbins
Biography
Marybeth Gasman is an Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
