A Status Review
A Status Review
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10.1080/00221546.1938.11779716
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1938-10
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A. Carli
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目前在美国注册的大学生人数超过100万，这代表了学院和大学的需求。只有在世纪之交才会有多元化的课程。在殖民时期，我们招收的学生不到20万。对比历史，当时的大学对大专人口的定义是严格规定他们的课程。根据欧洲的模式，这样的国家明确地指出了剑桥大学。前者的巨大增长。牛津大学，爱丁堡大学，早期殖民时期在一个大致平行的时期，学院建立了课程，根据官方的说法，在三十年的时间里，主要是艺术报告，人口联合和神学教育的结合。尽管Statesnearlydoubleditself;在美国独立战争时期，高等院校的学费增加了美国大学课程的近六倍。虽然这门含蓄统一的课程，到那时这种增加的课程已经很多了，但内战这门相当可观的课程只有一门在这里受到了直接的关注。扩张发生了。从1776年到186年这段时间，大学这片大陆到现在见证了多次的建立，高等教育机构的演变，但课程设置的标志也有三大发展，即课程设置的不断扩大和多样化。首先是tion。与此同时，还需要开设详尽的课程，但学习课程的一部分是其他科目，特别是在大学人数的增加中。增加了语言。第二，部分-在早期，参加课程的人的基础课程、特殊课程或平行课程的教育需求得到了发展。在大多数情况下，这些高等院校可以满足产生了一个相对统一的，以满足职业需要的高度那些不愿意花时间有限的课程，大学和必要的完成传统的美国商务部。课程。平行的古典和
MORE than a million students university population of the present are now enrolled in American time represents needs which can collegesanduniversities. At be met only through a diversified the turn of the present century, there curriculum. were less than two hundred thousand In the colonial period of our enrolled students. Comparison of history, the colleges of the time defithe post-secondary-school population nite1y prescribed their curriculums. with that of the total population of Based on European models, such the country indicates clearly the as the universities of Cambridge,. tremendous increase of the former. Oxford, and Edinburgh, early colonial In an approximately parallel period colleges established curriculums that of three decades, according to official were largely a combination of an arts reports, the population of the United and theological education. Although Statesnearlydoubleditself; the popu-at the time of the Revolution, the lation of higher institutions increased American college curriculum was relaalmost sixfold.'Although the impli-tively uniform, by the time of the cations of this increase are many, Civil War considerable curricular only one isofimmediate concern here. expansion had occurred. Not only From the founding of the first did the period from 1776 to 186,; collegeon this continent to the present witness the establishment of many time, the evolution of the collegiate institutions of higher education, but curriculum has been marked by there were also three major developconstant expansion and multiplica-ments in the curriculum. First, the tion. Concomitant with the elabora-curriculum remained required, but tion of the course of study has been other subjects, notably among the the increase in the college population. languages, were added. Second, par-Where, in the earlier period, the tial, special, or parallel courses deeducational needs of those attending veloped. For the most part these higher institutions could be met arose to meet the vocational needs of by a relatively uniform and highly those not desiring to spend the time restricted curriculum, the college and necessary to complete the traditional lUnited States Department of Commerce. curriculum. The parallel classical and