The Role of the South in Higher Education: A Conversation with Michael Benson
What are the origins of higher education? Who were the key figures in its invention and subsequent entrenchment? What role did the South play in its emergence? And where is higher education today? To help answer these questions, Mark Smith is joined by Dr. Michael T. Benson, president and professor of history at Coastal Carolina University who discusses his recently published book, Daniel Coit Gilman and the Birth of the American Research University.