Ethan W Ris
Biographic Data
| ID | 5452419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ethan W Ris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ethan W |
| FAMILY NAME | Ris |
| SIGNATURE | RIS E W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Reno, NV |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Good Crisis
The purported “Golden Age” of American higher education, typically associated with the two decades following World War II, was marked by increasingly generous federal support of the nation’s postsecondary institutions and their students. Unlike analyses that attribute this largesse to factors like geopolitics (i.e., a response to the Cold War) or demographics (i.e., expansion to accommodate the Baby Boom generation), this article argues that a de…
The Higher Education Generation
The work of the 1946–1948 President’s Commission on Higher Education was unquestionably influenced by the immediate aftermath of World War II. In this article, we examine the backgrounds and ideas of 10 commissioners to argue that their efforts were also deeply influenced by their experience of a different world war. The 1914–1918 “Great War” was a formative experience for each of the members, shaping their views of sociopolitics, opportunity, an…
Promises Made
Other People's Colleges
What’s Future Is Epilogue
God and Man at Yali College
Yali College, a four-year institution operating under the aegis of Yale University, offered a US-style undergraduate education in China’s Hunan province from 1914 to 1927. It developed a robust curriculum and an impressive physical plant but collapsed after a little more than a decade. This paper, drawing on new archival research, focuses on the circumstances leading to that collapse. It argues that a deep divide emerged over Yali’s form and func…
The Education of Andrew Carnegie
In the decades around the turn of the 20th century, American business leaders took their first sustained interest in higher education. This historical article, based on archival analysis, challenges the traditional understanding of these wealthy individuals’ philanthropy as either passive or ill-intentioned. Using Andrew Carnegie as a case study, the article shows the evolution of one very visible industrialist from a critic of American higher ed…
The Education of Andrew Carnegie
In the decades around the turn of the 20th century, American business leaders took their first sustained interest in higher education. This historical article, based on archival analysis, challenges the traditional understanding of these wealthy individuals’ philanthropy as either passive or ill-intentioned. Using Andrew Carnegie as a case study, the article shows the evolution of one very visible industrialist from a critic of American higher ed…
The Education of Andrew Carnegie
In the decades around the turn of the 20th century, American business leaders took their first sustained interest in higher education. This historical article, based on archival analysis, challenges the traditional understanding of these wealthy individuals’ philanthropy as either passive or ill-intentioned. Using Andrew Carnegie as a case study, the article shows the evolution of one very visible industrialist from a critic of American higher ed…
God and Man at Yali College
Yali College, a four-year institution operating under the aegis of Yale University, offered a US-style undergraduate education in China’s Hunan province from 1914 to 1927. It developed a robust curriculum and an impressive physical plant but collapsed after a little more than a decade. This paper, drawing on new archival research, focuses on the circumstances leading to that collapse. It argues that a deep divide emerged over Yali’s form and func…
What’s Future Is Epilogue
Other People's Colleges
A Good Crisis
The purported “Golden Age” of American higher education, typically associated with the two decades following World War II, was marked by increasingly generous federal support of the nation’s postsecondary institutions and their students. Unlike analyses that attribute this largesse to factors like geopolitics (i.e., a response to the Cold War) or demographics (i.e., expansion to accommodate the Baby Boom generation), this article argues that a de…
The Higher Education Generation
The work of the 1946–1948 President’s Commission on Higher Education was unquestionably influenced by the immediate aftermath of World War II. In this article, we examine the backgrounds and ideas of 10 commissioners to argue that their efforts were also deeply influenced by their experience of a different world war. The 1914–1918 “Great War” was a formative experience for each of the members, shaping their views of sociopolitics, opportunity, an…
Promises Made
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Academic Freedom and Politics (3 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works)