College Students and the Curriculum: The Fantastic Voyage of Higher Education, 1636 to the Present
By adding student perceptions of the curriculum, we enhance the current history of American higher education over 5 decades. We draw from memoirs, short stories, notebooks, and legends to animate the story of students and the curriculum. The episodes depict historical events and cases that have shaped colleges, curricula, and students. The study is grounded in modern concepts and theories from psychology, sociology, and economics.
Contributor Notes
John Thelin (jthelin@uky.edu) is university research professor in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Kentucky. In 2007, he received the AERA (Academic Research Enhancement Award) award for outstanding research in higher education. He is an alumnus of Brown University and received his MA and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
Amy Hirschy (amy.hirschy@louisville.edu) is an assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville. She is an alumna of Stetson University, the University of South Carolina, and Vanderbilt University.
