Unpacking the History of Higher Education in the United States

FAIN: EH-293609-23

George Mason University (Fairfax, VA 22030-4444)
Kelly Schrum (Project Director: January 2023 to present)
Nate Sleeter (Co Project Director: February 2023 to present)

A four-week institute for 25 higher education faculty about the history of U. S. higher education.

This 4-week Summer Institute on the history of higher education in the United States will combine residential and virtual components. The institute will be offered for the first time by the Higher Education Program (HEP) and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) at George Mason University, located near Washington, D.C. The 25 Summer Institute participants will include full- and part-time faculty, including tenured, tenure track, and non-tenure track, as well as advanced doctoral candidates who teach or plan to teach the history of higher education in the United States. Through deep engagement with history content and history as a discipline, the Summer Institute will enable participants to improve their capacity for teaching the history of higher education. The project will result in a robust Open Educational Resource (OER) on the history of higher education to facilitate teaching nationwide.