Higher Education in the American West

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