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Gaming American History: Mornin’ In Your Eyes, Dave Frederick, Jeannie Whayne
Gaming American History: Mornin’ In Your Eyes, Dave Frederick, Jeannie Whayne
TFSC Publications and Presentations
Drs. Jeannie Whayne and David Fredrick discuss the development and evaluation of an educational game used to teach 1960s U.S. history to undergraduate students.
The Emotional Toil Of Paying For College: Lower Socioeconomic Status White Women’S College Experiences, 1880-1920, Heidi A. Jaeckle
The Emotional Toil Of Paying For College: Lower Socioeconomic Status White Women’S College Experiences, 1880-1920, Heidi A. Jaeckle
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Typically historical inquiries in higher education have been centered on privileged individuals from wealthier backgrounds who had the opportunity of attending primarily prestigious institutions. The experiences of college women from lower to middle class socioeconomic backgrounds have been for the most part ignored. This dissertation explores how socioeconomic backgrounds shaped the experiences of college women from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, focusing on lower class students. With no universal financial aid program, the majority of these women were from families who could afford to pay tuition. Women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds did attend college, but their …