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Dorn,C.For the common good: A new history of higher education in America

Dorn,C.For the common good: A new history of higher education in America Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice Book Review 2021, Vol. 23(1) 179–183 ! The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions journals.sagepub.com/home/csr Dorn, C. For the common good: A new history of higher education in America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017; 320 pp.: ISBN 0801452341, $35.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by: Evelyn Aucutt, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, USA DOI: 10.1177/1521025118825106 The purpose of higher education and its role in shaping the prevailing social ethos of the United States is as relevant today as it was in the sixteenth century. The helpful new historical overview of higher education titled For the Common Good, authored by Charles Dorn, is divided into four sections: (a) “The Early Nation Period,” (b) “The Antebellum and Civil War Eras,” (c) “Reconstruction Through the Second World War,” and (d) “The Cold War Through the Twenty- First Century.” Within the eras delineated by these titles, Dorn explored numer- ous topics that impacted the purposes of institutions of higher education. These section titles present a historical roadmap that distinguishes ways in which the perceived role of higher education in the United States has changed over the course of two centuries. One of the key contributions of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png "Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice" SAGE

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Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice Book Review 2021, Vol. 23(1) 179–183 ! The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions journals.sagepub.com/home/csr Dorn, C. For the common good: A new history of higher education in America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017; 320 pp.: ISBN 0801452341, $35.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by: Evelyn Aucutt, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, USA DOI: 10.1177/1521025118825106 The purpose of higher education and its role in shaping the prevailing social ethos of the United States is as relevant today as it was in the sixteenth century. The helpful new historical overview of higher education titled For the Common Good, authored by Charles Dorn, is divided into four sections: (a) “The Early Nation Period,” (b) “The Antebellum and Civil War Eras,” (c) “Reconstruction Through the Second World War,” and (d) “The Cold War Through the Twenty- First Century.” Within the eras delineated by these titles, Dorn explored numer- ous topics that impacted the purposes of institutions of higher education. These section titles present a historical roadmap that distinguishes ways in which the perceived role of higher education in the United States has changed over the course of two centuries. One of the key contributions of

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