Origins of Personnel Services in American Higher Education was first published in 1956.It may come as a surprise to most persons to learn that personnel services in colleges and universities have a long history, that their origins go back to the beginnings of our country. In this historical account, Mrs. Leonard traces the development of these services from the birch rod beatings in the sanctuary in 1640 to the dawning of student government two centuries later.In the Colonial years, personnel services were an integral part of the first educational ventures of the founding fathers. To the Colonial educators, housing, discipline, and the general welfare of the young people were as important as classroom instruction. During the early Federal period, educators added lightened citizenship to their objectives for the students. Discipline became less harsh, and a few student activities were permitted under close supervision.In the third developmental period covered by this study, that of national expansion in the years from 1812 to 1860, the goal was to make higher learning available to all. The resulting avalanche of students forced the introduction of new curriculums and a shift of personnel duties from the faculty members to persons appointed especially to handle this function. Student activities increased, faculty-student relationships improved, and there were fewer serious disciplinary problems.The book, a volume in the Minnesota Library on Student Personnel Work, will be of value to those teaching courses in personnel services as well as to personnel officers themselves and to college and university administrators.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
This first comprehensive bibliography of the life and work of colonial women helps to foster an historical understanding of the rights, privileges, and functions of women in today's society. The Syllabus, containing 1082 items, is organized to provide an inclusive picture of the colonial woman in all aspects of her life and work. It includes references giving insight into home life with its manifold problems and dangers, the evolution of the colonial woman's status as owned property to being an independent owner of property, the leadership she gave to the religious life of the colonies, the contributions she made to cultural life, her part in the developing political life, and the extent of her participation in economic life. The Bibliography contains 765 books 309 magazine articles, and eight pictorial publications. To facilitate the study of individual women of note, the List of 104 Outstanding Women includes references.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
This first comprehensive bibliography of the life and work of colonial women helps to foster an historical understanding of the rights, privileges, and functions of women in today's society. The Syllabus, containing 1082 items, is organized to provide an inclusive picture of the colonial woman in all aspects of her life and work. It includes references giving insight into home life with its manifold problems and dangers, the evolution of the colonial woman's status as owned property to being an independent owner of property, the leadership she gave to the religious life of the colonies, the contributions she made to cultural life, her part in the developing political life, and the extent of her participation in economic life. The Bibliography contains 765 books 309 magazine articles, and eight pictorial publications. To facilitate the study of individual women of note, the List of 104 Outstanding Women includes references.
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