Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Yale and the Life-Giving Springs of New Haven
Chapter 2. The House of Our Expectations in California
Chapter 3. The Three Great Advisers
Chapter 4. Gilman the Recruiter
Chapter 5. Launching Our Bark upon the Patapsco
Chapter 6. Advancing Knowledge Far and Wide
Chapter 7. The Slater Fund and Attempts to Integrate Hopkins
Chapter 8. Allies, Not Rivals
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index

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One of the most remarkable education leaders of the late nineteenth century and the creator of the modern American research university finally gets his due.

About the Author

Michael T. Benson (MYRTLE BEACH, SC) is the president of Coastal Carolina University, where he is also a professor of history. He is the author of Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel and the coauthor of College for the Commonwealth: A Case for Higher Education in American Democracy.