History of U.S. Higher Education - Methods for Understanding the Past

Marybeth Gasman is an Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Introduction, Marybeth GasmanSection I. Methodological Approaches 1. "Within These Walls": Reading and Writing Institutional Histories, Darryl L. Peterkin2. Oral History … As Scholarship, Katherine Chaddock3. Autobiography and Biographical Research in Higher Education, Wayne Urban4. "No Food, No Drinks, Pencil Only": Conducting and Interpreting Archival Research, Jordan R. Humphrey5. The Literature Review as Scholarship: Using Critical Reviews and Historiography, Linda EisenmannSection II. Using a New Historical Lens 6. Horizontal History and Higher Education, John R. Thelin7. Photographs as Primary Sources, Michael Bieze8. Quantification and Cognitive History: Applying Social Science Theory and Method to Historical Data, Jane Robbins9. Life History and Voice: On Standpoints and Reflexivity, William G. TierneySection III. Critical Examinations of Special Issues 10. "Poor" Research: Historiographical Challenges When Socio-Economic Status is the Unit of Analysis, Jana Nidiffer11. Where is Your "Home"? Writing the History of Asian Americans in Higher Education, Sharon S. Lee12. Beyond Black & White: Researching the History of Latinos in American Higher Education, Christopher Tudico13. Writing through the Past: Federal Higher Education Policy, Philo Hutcheson14. The Challenge of Writing the South, Amy E. Wells-DolanEpilogue. A Note about Footnotes, Jane Robbins