Higher education in Texas : its beginnings to 1970

Higher education in Texas : its beginnings to 1970 / Charles R. Matthews.

Higher Education in Texas is the first book to tell the history, defining events, and critical participants in the development of higher education in Texas from approximately 1838 to 1970. Charles Matthews, Chancellor Emeritus of the Texas State University System, begins the story with the land gran...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthews, Charles R., 1939- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Texas > History.
Universities and colleges > Texas > History.
Universities and colleges > Texas.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher
Universities and colleges
Texas
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Texas: Spain, Mexico, Republic, state
  • Early attempts at education: the leadership of Mirabeau B. Lamar and others
  • Financing
  • The early years of the University of Texas and the Permanent University Fund
  • The fight for control of university lands
  • The founding of Texas A & M college and the dispute between the University Board of Regents and the Texas A & M Board of Directors
  • Growth and expansion
  • Religious colleges
  • State normal schools and colleges
  • Junior/community colleges
  • Access and equity
  • Women and higher education
  • African Americans and higher education
  • Hispanics and higher education
  • Structure
  • Higher education organization and leadership
  • Texas colleges, present and past
  • Conclusion
  • Historical photographs.

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