The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915–1940

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The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915–1940 is written by David O. Levine and published by Cornell University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1501744151 (ISBN 10) and 9781501744150 (ISBN 13).

Is higher education a right or a privilege? Who should go to college? What should they study there? These questions were hotly debated between the world wars, when an unprecedented boom in college enrollments forced Americans to struggle between their belief in the importance of educational opportunity and their desire to preserve the existing social structure. In The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915–1940, David O. Levine offers the first in-depth history of higher education during this era, a period when colleges and universities became arbiters of social and economic mobility and a hierarchy of schools evolved to meet growing demands for occupational training and socialization.