Higher education in the American West : regional history and state contexts

Editors' Preface Introduction Lester F. Goodchild, Richard W. Jonsen, Patty Limerick, and David A. Longanecker PART I: REGIONAL HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE VIEWS 1. Western College Expansion: Churches and Evangelization, States and Boosterism, 1818-1945 Lester F. Goodchild and David M. Wrobel 2. The Evolution of Institutions in the Westward Expansion Arthur M. Cohen 3. Forty-Five Years in the Academic Saddle: The American West, Higher Education, and the Invitation to Innovation Patty Limerick PART II: STATE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES AND FEDERAL INFLUENCES, 1945-2013 4. Middle Border Region: Higher Education in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming Jason E. Lane and Francis J. Kerins, Sr. 5. History of Higher Education in the Southwest since World War II: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah William E. 'Bud' Davis 6. Higher Education in the Pacific West: Developments in Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, and Alaska William E. 'Bud' Davis, Lester F. Goodchild, and David A. Tandberg 7. Higher Education in California: Rise and Fall Patrick M. Callan 8. The Federal Government and Western Higher Education David A. Longanecker PART III: A CONCLUDING COMMENTARY 9. Afterword - Understanding the First Regional History of American Higher Education: The Spirit of Innovation Lester F. Goodchild