AskHistorians Podcast Episode 200 - American Higher Education with Dr. Ellen Schrecker

1

Introduction

00:00 • 2min

2

A Woman's History of the Great Depression

02:08 • 5min

3

The Foundational Tax on Mc Carthyism

07:11 • 2min

4

The Age of Mc Carthyism

08:57 • 4min

5

The Lost Promise of American Universities in the 19 Sixties

13:02 • 4min

6

What Happened During the 19 Sixties?

16:33 • 4min

7

The Mission of Higher Education During the 19 Sixties

20:29 • 4min

8

A Look at American Higher Education in the Sixties

24:27 • 4min

9

Students Demanding Political Rights on Campus

28:22 • 4min

10

The Demand for Faculty Members in the Sixties

32:15 • 5min

11

The Lost Soul and the Lost Promise

37:01 • 3min

12

Berkeley and the Student Movements of Higher Education

39:35 • 4min

13

'We Can't Stand It Here'

43:36 • 5min

14

The Anti-War Movement in the United States

48:22 • 3min

15

A Demands for Black Students on Campuses

51:36 • 5min

16

Students Are Irrational. The Guiding Principle of Universities Is Rationality

56:59 • 4min

17

The University of California Is in a Financial Crisis, a Debt Crisis

01:00:37 • 5min

18

The Lost Promise of Higher Education

01:05:59 • 2min

19

The Promise of American Democracy

01:08:17 • 3min