Democracy Then & Now: Ethan Hutt
Democracy Then & Now: Ethan Hutt
English | Center for Literary and Comparative Studies | College of Arts and Humanities
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Art-Sociology Building, 2203
Ethan Hutt: Assistant Professor Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland
“‘To promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes’: Historic Visions of Education at the University of Maryland”
The Morrill Act of 1862 represented a young nation's first major foray to expand access to higher education; now, 150 years later, access to higher education remains a major responsibility of public universities. This lecture will examine past attempts to expand access in order to illuminate present-day challenges.
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