The Early National Period
1. "Literary Institutions Are Founded and Endowed for the Common Good" The Liberal Professions in New England
2. “The Good Order and the Harmony of the Whole Community” Public Higher Learning in the South
3. “To Promote More Effectually the Grand Interests of Society” Catholic Higher Education in the Mid-Atlantic The Antebellum and Civil War Eras
4. “To Spread Throughout the Land, an Army of Practical Men” Agriculture and Mechanics in the Midwest
5. “The Instruction Necessary to the Practical Duties of the Profession” Teacher Education in the West Reconstruction through the Second World War
6. “To Qualify Its Students for Personal Success” The Rise of the University in the West
7. “This Is to Be Our Profession—To Serve the World” Women's Higher Education in New England
8. “The Burden of His Ambition Is to Achieve a Distinguished Career” African American Higher Education in the Mid-Atlantic The Cold War through the Twenty-First Century
9. “A Wedding Ceremony between Industry and the University” The Urban University in the Southeast
10. “To Meet the Training and Retraining Needs of Established Business” Community Colleges in the Northeast and Southwest
Epilogue