Liberalizing the Mind: Two Centuries of Liberal Education at Franklin & Marshall College

ISBN: 0271037237

Author: Griffith, Sally F.

Condition: Used

With its roots in the German Reformed denomination of Protestantism, Franklin & Marshall College has the distinction of being the first institution of higher learning in America founded (in 1787) for the purpose of educating students of German ethnic background. Liberalizing the Mind is a comprehensive narrative history of Franklin & Marshall Colleges transformation from that tiny classical college for German American students into one of the nations preeminent liberal arts institutions. It combines analysis of historical context and institutional development with richly detailed accounts of dramatic periods such as the Civil War and the rebellious 1960s.