Other People's Colleges: The Origins of American Higher Education Reform

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In his book Other People's Colleges: The Origins of American Higher Education Reform, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at University of Nevada, Reno Ethan Ris draws insights for today from his analysis of the early twentieth century effort by a cadre of elite, external reformers to reshape higher education—and the resistance that arose to oppose them. He will be interviewed by Eddie Cole, associate professor at UCLA School of Education and Information Studies.

This event is free and part of the online book conversation series Academic Innovation for the Public Good, organized by Stanford Digital Education and Trinity College. Each event features an author of a recently published book exploring the role of colleges and universities in addressing society's problems. An expert in the author's field will conduct the interview, followed by questions from the audience. Johns Hopkins University is among the sponsors of the conversation series.