The fox and the hedgehog: Liberal education at the University of Chicago

The purpose of this dissertation was to produce a case history of the sixty-year struggle over philosophical direction in the conduct of the undergraduate education program at the University of Chicago, spanning the administrations of its two most influential presidents, William Rainey Harper (1891-1906) and Robert Maynard Hutchins (1929-1951).

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education, History of

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Plath, Paul John

Contributors dc:contributor

• Violas, Paul C.

• Education, History of
• Education, Philosophy of

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Plath, Paul John

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9010987
(UMI)AAI9010987

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23791