History of Higher Education
This Italian institution, founded in 1088, is often considered the first university in Europe.
What is the University of Bologna?
What is the University of Oxford?
What is the University of Paris?
What is Harvard University?
What is the University of Bologna?
Define a Sabbatical.
What is a paid leave?
$200 How many students were enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities in Spring 2025?
A) 12.1 million
B) 18.4 million
C) 24.7 million
B) What is 18.4 million ✓
What role could a educator have in a college before becoming a professor?
What is a TA?
Who is the Dean of Lee's College of Education?
Dr. William Estes
Dr. Jason Robinson
Dr. Shane Brown
Who is Dr. William Estes?
Famous Universities
This American university, founded in 1636, originally trained clergy before expanding its curriculum.
Answer Choices;
What is Yale University?
What is Harvard University?
What is Princeton University?
What is Columbia University?
Correct Answer: B) What is Harvard University?
Define Networking.
What is building, maintaining, and utilizing professional or social relationships to exchange information and experience for mutual benefit?
$400 Spring 2025 saw college enrollment grow by what percentage compared to the year before?
A) 0.8%
B) 1.5%
C) 3.2%
C) What is 3.2% ✓
What is the “usual” track to become a professor?
1.
2.
3.
1. Bachelors Degree
2. Masters Degree
3.PhD
Lana C. Seivers
Lizette Reynolds
Charles E. Smith
Who is Lizette Reynolds?
This 1862 act aimed "to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes."
Answer Choices;
What is the Gi Bill?
What is the Morrill Land-Grant Act?
What is the Homestead Act?
What is the Civil Rights Act?
Correct Answer: B) What is the Morrill Land-Grant Act?
Since 1976, the number of women enrolling in college has doubled. In the fall of 2025 what percentage of undergrad college students where female?
A. 57.3
B. 65.9
C. 45.5
What is 57.3%?
$600 What share of college students said they felt lonely in 2025?
A) 1 in 3 (about 33%)
B) 1 in 2 (about 50%)
C) 2 in 3 (about 67%)
C) What is 2 in 3 (about 67%) ✓
True or False
A masters degree is enough to become a professor?
TRUE
Who is the U.S. Secretary of Education?
Shirley M. Hufstedler
Miguel Cardona
Linda E. McMahon
Who is Linda E. McMahon?
According to Jacques Verger, medieval universities were described as this type of community.
Answer Choices;
Military academies
Trade guilds
Communities of masters and students
Religious monasteries
Correct Answer: C) Communities of masters and students
What college is the first college on record to graduate women?
1. What is Harvard 1789?
2. What is The College of William and Mary 1693?
3. What is Oberlin College 1841?
What is Oberlin College 1841?
$800 In Fall 2025, how many fewer new international students arrived on U.S. campuses compared to the year before?
A) 17% fewer
B) 32% fewer
C) 5% fewer
A) What is 17% fewer ✓
How long does it typically take to complete all education needed to be a professor?
What is 6-12 Years?
Who founded the first college in the U.S.?
Thomas Jefferson
The Massachusetts Bay Colony Legislature
Ezra Cornell
What is The Massachusetts Bay Colony Legislature?
In the 20th and 21st centuries, universities increasingly focused on this area in addition to teaching.
Answer Choices
Farming production
Research and innovation
Military training only
Political campaigning
Correct Answer: B) Research and innovation
What is the hidden curriculum?
What is the unwritten, social, cultural, and academic rules essential for success that are learned only through experience?
$1,000 Compared to students whose parents went to college, first-generation students are how many times more likely to drop out?
A) 1.5x more likely
B) 3x more likely
C) 2x more likely
C) What is 2x more likely ✓
What is a dissertation?
What is research project and paper. Has to be 100-300 pages many professors with their PhD make?
Who founded the U.S. Department of Education?
President Jimmy Carter
President George Washington
President Richard Nixon
Who is President Jimmy Carter?