1. EDU 723: Colonial Colleges
Nassau Hall
Princeton University

2. Announcements
• Synthesis Essay Assignment descriptions
(Canvas) now include list of enduring
questions you may select for essays
• Begin to think about research paper topics
– Identify issues of interest
– Conduct preliminary research to see what is out
there
– Schedule an appointment to brainstorm/refine
your idea

3. Announcements
• Feedback on Medieval Art Show
homework posted by Wednesday of this
week; see Canvas Grades
• See end of this slide show for information
on the art from last week

4. Learning Objectives
• Identify the political, economic, and social factors that
shaped the form and function of colonial colleges.
• Describe the distinctive features of colonial colleges.
• Explain the role of religion in colonial colleges.
• Describe the nature of colonial college efforts to educate
Native Americans.
• Explain the nature of town/gown relations during the
colonial era.
• Apply your knowledge of institutional mission during the
colonial college era to interpret the Harvard Laws of 1655.

5. Readings
1) Thelin: Introduction & Chapter 1
2) Wright, B. (2007). For the children of
infidels. In H. S. Wechsler, L.F.
Goodchild, L. Eisenmann (Eds.), The
History of Higher Education (3rd ed.)
ASHE Reader Series (pp. 101-111).
Boston, MA: Pearson. (Reprinted from
American Indian Culture and Research
Journal, 1988, 12(3).)
3) Burton, J. (2005). Collegiate living and Cambridge justice: Regulating the
colonial Harvard student community in the eighteenth century. In R. L. Geiger
(Ed.), History of Higher Education Annual, Volume 23 (pp.83 -105). New
Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
4) Primary Readings:
a. Harvard Charter of 1650
b. A copy of the Laws of Harvard College 1655 (Please read to p. 11)
College of New Jersey 1764

6. Key Terms & People
• Vertical history
• Horizontal history
• Saga
• Harvard 1636/1650
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Eleazar Wheelcock
Eleazor Wheelcock

7. Your History of Higher Education
• What is the saga of your undergraduate
institution?

8. Additional Resources
• Photo slide show of the 9 colonial colleges
• Six Buildings that Shaped Harvard History
(YouTube video produced by Harvard)
• History of Harvard
• Harvard Archives

9. Source: Cohen, A. M., & Kisker, C. B. (2010). The shaping of American Higher
Education: Emergence and growth of the contemporary system. San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

10. Assignment: Discussion Leaders
• Reading Team 1: Quin & Michelle
• Reading Team 2: Keri and Noha
– Discussion leaders collaborate on the development of 2
discussion questions that address important
themes/objectives from this week’s readings
– Questions posted by 11:59pm Monday; separate thread for
each question
– See sample discussion Thread for guidance on naming
your post
– Review syllabus for guidance in the development of
questions

11. Assignment: Everyone
• Everyone (including discussion leaders)
must respond to EACH of your assigned
team’s discussion questions at least once
– Welcome to respond to the other team’s
questions but you will only be evaluated on
responses to your assigned team
• Responses due by 11:59pm
Friday, September 20

12. Medieval Art Show

13. Reading Medieval Religious Disputation 1240

14. Meeting of doctors
at the University of Paris

15. Teaching at Paris, in late 14th-century

16. Lecturing in a Medieval University by
Laurentius De Voltolina (14th Century).

17. Peasant’s Revolt 1381

18. The entry of some students in the Natio Germanica Bononiae,
the board of German students at Bologna; miniature of 1497.