Alborz College of Tehran, Dr. Samuel Martin Jordan and the American Faculty
Twentieth-Century Presbyterian Mission Education and Modernism in Iran (Persia)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9977824 |
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| Authors | Thomas M Ricks (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 627-646 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210862.2011.570423 |
| OpenAlex | W1989550482 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The article addresses the twentieth-century social and cultural history of Alborz College (The American College of Tehran) in terms of its curricula, mission education, the faculty and Dr. Samuel Jordan, founder and president. The courses taught, from the natural sciences and humanities to business and journalism, shaped the lives and aspirations of so many of the graduates for decades. Of great importance were the academic training and personal lives of Dr. Jordan, Mary Park Jordan, and the American faculty, particularly those graduates from Lafayette College (Easton, Pennsylvania) who served as role models of modernity and generous public service that so enriched the lives of their young Iranian charges and won the hearts and minds of the Alborzi graduates
Ancient history · Curriculum · Journalism · Media studies · Modernity · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Classics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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