Herman B Wells : the promise of the American university

Herman B Wells : the promise of the American university / James H. Capshew.

Energetic, shrewd, and charming, Herman B Wells was the driving force behind the transformation of Indiana University -- which became a model for American public higher education in the 20th century. A person of unusual sensitivity and a skilled and empathetic communicator, his character and vision...

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Main Author: Capshew, James H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press : Indiana Historical Society Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Wells, Herman B.
Wells, Herman B
Indiana University > Presidents > Biography.
Indiana University
College presidents > Indiana > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
EDUCATION > Higher.
College presidents
Presidents
Indiana
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface: A Hoosier state of mind
  • Prologue: Campus centennial
  • The shaping of a fiduciary, 1902-1937
  • Transforming the university, 1937-1962
  • At large in the world, 1962-2000
  • Epilogue: Reflections on a Hoosier Antaeus.

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