History of Higher Education by Kamaria Porter

1600

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1619

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ship carrying about 20 enslaved Africans arrived in Point Comfort

1650

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1700

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1750

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1800

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1850

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1900

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1920

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1940

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1960

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1980

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2000

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2020

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1968 - Navajo Community College Act establishes first tribal college

jpeyton9 — 2021-09-16 22:31:19 UTC

"Diné College was established in 1968 as the first tribally-controlled community college in the United States. In creating an institution of higher education, the Navajo Nation sought to encourage Navajo youth to become contributing members of the Navajo Nation and the world society."

https://www.dinecollege.edu/about_dc/history/

2019 - Georgetown Student Fee Reparations

jpeyton9 — 2021-09-16 22:32:41 UTC

"$400,000 a year to benefit the descendants of the 272 enslaved people who were sold to help keep the college afloat nearly two centuries ago, officials said."

"-support community projects such as health clinics and schools."

"-students would play “a substantial role” in the new initiative but would not be required to pay additional fees. The university plans to seek voluntary contributions from alumni, faculty, students and philanthropists."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/georgetown-slavery-reparations.html

1817

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University of Michigan opens in Detroit
- founded as the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania
- founded by Augustus Woodward, Rev. John Monteith, and Rev. Gabriel Richard

May 17, 1954

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U.S. Supreme rules in Brown vs Board of Education ending separate but equal

December 19, 1947

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Educational Testing Service (ETS) is founded.

1987

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Creation of the National Commission on Accreditation

June 23, 1926

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First Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was administered.

May 18, 1896

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Plessy v Ferguson, separate but equal doctrine ruling.

1881

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Founding of Spelman College -first institution for Black women

July 2nd, 1862

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The Morrill Act establishing land-grant colleges was signed into law.

1965

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The Higher Education Act passes increasing federal govt. support for student financial aid

1968

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The Navajo Community College Act established the first tribal college, Diné College.

1904

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Wisconsin Plan—great public university model

1968

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San Francisco State College, a PWI establishes a Black studies program

March 2, 1867

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Howard University is established as one of two federal colleges

1969

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Yale and Princeton accept first women undergraduates

1962

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James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi as first African American Student

1978

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Regents of university of Cal. V. Bakke , quota banned but race can be used as a factor in admissions

2011

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Graham B. Spanier, Penn State President fired by Board of Trustees

2012

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) created

1944

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Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill) is approved by Congress

Provided World War II veterans with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. It put higher education within the reach of millions of veterans of WWII and later military conflicts.

Did not include African American students- they also did not receive housing benefits

2015

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Mizzou Student Protest

2019

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Indictment of Operation Varsity Blues

1960

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California Higher Education Master Plan (first higher education system)

The Master Plan transformed a collection of uncoordinated and competing
colleges and universities into a coherent system & created, for the first time anywhere, a system that combined exceptional quality with broad access for students

UC Berkeley
CSU- serves majority students who have Pell grants

1978

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The Indian Education Act expands support for tribally controlled college

1989

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University of Phoenix established it first “online campus”

Feb 14, 1867

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Founding of Morehouse College

Morehouse College is a private historically Black men's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.

1947

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Truman Report calls for universal higher education with the concept of community colleges

1901

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Joliet Junior College, First junior college

1890

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The Second Morrill Act passes establishing the black land-grant colleges

1989

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University of Phoenix established it first “online campus”

1875

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Brigham Young University Established

1971

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The founding of Liberty University- First Evangelical College

1983

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U.S. News and World Review published first college rankings report

1965

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U.S. Supreme Court vs. Fordice desegregates statewide systems of higher education

1965

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Reauthorization of Higher Ed. Act, including Title IX passes prohibiting discrimination in programs receiving fed. Financial aid

2015

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Closure of for-profit Corinthian Colleges

1693

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William and Mary Founded

1636

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Harvard College Founded