Universities

Universities

Abraham Flexner

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Editorial:
Sutton Press
Año de edición:
2007
ISBN:
9781406774184
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This vintage book contains Abraham Flexner’s 1930 overview of higher education, “Universities: American - English – German”. A fascinating and detailed analysis of western universities in the early twentieth century, Flexner’s study will appeal to academics, and would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. Abraham Flexner (1866–1959) was an American educator and reformer. He is most famous for his important role in reforming medical and higher education twentieth-century America and Canada. Many vintage texts such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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