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Contentious Compatibility And The Common Good: The University As Servant And Critic In A Democracy, Stephen J. Nelson May 2015

Contentious Compatibility And The Common Good: The University As Servant And Critic In A Democracy, Stephen J. Nelson

Bridgewater Review

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Faculty In Print-- Balance Wheels: College Presidents In The Crucible Of The 1960s And The Contests Of Today, Stephen J. Nelson Jun 2012

Faculty In Print-- Balance Wheels: College Presidents In The Crucible Of The 1960s And The Contests Of Today, Stephen J. Nelson

Bridgewater Review

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College Presidents And The Road To Success And Failure: Getting What We Want And Need, Stephen J. Nelson Jun 2009

College Presidents And The Road To Success And Failure: Getting What We Want And Need, Stephen J. Nelson

Bridgewater Review

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Horace Mann's Vision In Action: Bridgewater Normal School's Female Teachers, Casey Rekowski Jan 2008

Horace Mann's Vision In Action: Bridgewater Normal School's Female Teachers, Casey Rekowski

Undergraduate Review

Through a close reading of Horace Mann’s archival material including official documents and speeches, this paper argues that Horace Mann expanded women’s social roles in the nineteenth century. Whether he intended such an outcome or not, Horace Mann’s agenda to improve common schools increased American women’s educational and professional opportunities. Drawing upon the popular ideology of the day, Mann articulated a detailed rationale for placing women, as “natural teachers” at the center of public education in Massachusetts when he became the first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education in 1837. This can best be seen through his annual reports …


The Last Word: Reflections Of A Retiring College President, Adrian Rondileau Sep 1986

The Last Word: Reflections Of A Retiring College President, Adrian Rondileau

Bridgewater Review

Adrian Rondileau reflects on his 24 years as president of Bridgewater State College.