现代美国大学ModernAmericanUniversitiesBeforethe1850's,theUnitedStateshadanumberofsmallcolleges,mostofthemdatingfromcolonialdays
Theyweresmall,churchconnectedinstitutionswhoseprimaryconcernwastoshapethemoralcharacteroftheirstudents
ThroughoutEurope,institutionsofhigherlearninghaddeveloped,bearingtheancientnameofuniversity
InGermanyadifferentkindofuniversityhaddeveloped
TheGermanuniversitywasconcernedprimarilywithcreatingandspreadingknowledge,notmorals
Betweenmidcenturyandtheendofthe1800's,morethanninethousandyoungAmericans,dissatisfiedwiththeirtrainingathome,wenttoGermanyforadvancedstudy
Someofthemreturnedtobecomepresidentsofvenerablecolleges——Harvard,Yale,Columbia——andtransformthemintomodernuniversities
Thenewpresidentsbrokealltieswiththechurchesandbroughtinanewkindoffaculty
Professorswerehiredf