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Amherst in the World
Abstract
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Amherst College, a group of scholars and alumni explore the school’s substantial past in this volume. Amherst in the World tells the story of how an institution that was founded to train Protestant ministers began educating new generations of industrialists, bankers, and political leaders with the decline in missionary ambitions after the Civil War. The contributors trace how what was a largely white school throughout the interwar years begins diversifying its student demographics after World War II and the War in Vietnam. The histories told here illuminate how Amherst has contended with slavery, wars, religion, coeducation, science, curriculum, town and gown relations, governance, and funding during its two centuries of existence. Through Amherst’s engagement with educational improvement in light of these historical undulations, it continually affirms both the vitality and the utility of a liberal arts education.
Keywords
Education; Higher and further education, tertiary education; History of the AmericasDOI
10.3998/mpub.11873533ISBN
9780943184203, 9780943184210Publisher
Amherst College PressPublisher website
https://acpress.amherst.edu/Publication date and place
2020Imprint
Amherst College PressClassification
Education
Higher education, tertiary education
History of the Americas