Abstract
This chapter synthesizes and critiques the multidisciplinary, race-focused historical literature on southern higher education since the 1930s, portrayed in two thematic strands, striving and dissent. The first theme captures the dominant narrative arc of institutional histories and biographies of academic leaders as aspiring to achieve within a framework of the emerging university. The second theme uncovers how White southerners opposed national ideals for higher education and resisted integration while Blacks fought southern cultural orthodoxy by supporting Black institutions, attracting philanthropy, and advancing the civil rights movement. Directions for future research are discussed, including scholarship on memory and trauma as well as the Global South.
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Dolan, A.W., Thelin, J.R. (2012). Southern Higher Education History: A Synthesis and New Directions for Research. In: Smart, J., Paulsen, M. (eds) Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2950-6_9
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