Events
[1636] Harvard: First College[1825] Jefferson's University of Virginia[1828] Jackson Elected: Urged greater democracy for common, middle-class men[1849] University of Wisconsin establishes first post-secondary institution and formal college preparatory department to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic[1865] End of American Civil War:
Reshapes American politics[1900] Active women's rights movements:
Needed more colleges to serve "liberated women and newly freed slaves."[1918] End of WWI:
Large number of veterans entered colleges with cost benefits.[1960] Widespread of Developmental Education:
Saw the need to serve many underprepared and misprepared students.
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