Article ID: CBB001210771

The Polytechnic Comes to America: How French Approaches to Science Instruction Influenced Mid-Nineteenth Century American Higher Education (2012)

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Angulo, A. J. (Author)


History of Science
Volume: 50
Pages: 315--338


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Part of a special issue on the cross-national contexts of higher education in science, technology, and medicine.
Language: English

The article presents case studies of American higher-education institutions the United States Military Academy (West Point), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Clemson University in order to highlight the influence of French polytechnic approaches to science education on American higher education in the mid-nineteenth century.

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Authors & Contributors
Spicher, Nicholas
DeVivo, Michael S.
Strupp, Christoph
Smith, David
Singer, Sandra L.
Simon, Josep
Journals
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group Newsletter
Physics in Perspective
Ohio Valley History
Engineering Studies
Publishers
Praeger
Concepts
Universities and colleges
Science education and teaching
Cross-national interaction
Education
Physics
Engineering
People
Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm von
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Germany
France
Great Britain
Mississippi River (North America)
Tokyo (Japan)
Institutions
United States Military Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Heidelberg Universität
Virginia Military Institute
Panepistēmio Athēnōn
University of Pennsylvania
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