…important were positive propelling forces such as local boosterism and denominational competition. Research by David B. Potts illustrates the impact local boosterism had on the establishment of colleges. According to…

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…the related professions, or the whole complement indis- tinguishable from the most comprehensive and traditional universities. In their original rebellion against classical instruction only, they put things scientific at the…

…Kuh, Co-Principal Investigator and Director Peter Ewell, Senior Scholar Staci Provezis, Project Manager Jillian Kinzie, Associate Research Scientist Jason Goldfarb, Research Analyst Natasha Jankowski, Research Analyst Gloria Jea, Research Analyst…

…Kinzie, Associate Research Scientist Jason Goldfarb, Research Analyst Natasha Jankowski, Research Analyst Gloria Jea, Research Analyst Julia Makela, Research Analyst NILOA Sponsors Carnegie Corporation of New York Lumina Foundation for…