AP601 Higher ed history #TEST 4

1. Though enrollments across both public and private intuitions in higher education were comparable during the GI boom in 1950, which sector increased to encompass 60% of all enrollments by 1960? Public or private?

public

1. What did Harvard's 1945 "Redbook" seek to do?

Harvard's "Redbook" presented a vision of general education

1. Which two institutions of higher education were the largest beneficiaries of federal-sponsored war-related research in the 1950s?

MIT & UCBerkeley

1. What was the name of the satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union, thus motivating additional U.S. investments in scientific research in higher education?

Sputnik I

1. Which of the following acts of Congress required institutions to sign a statement of compliance with desegregation to be eligible for federal aid? (A) Civil Rights Act of 1964 (B) Voting Rights Act of 1965 (C) Higher Education Act of 1965 (D) Third Morrill Act of 1960

(A) Civil Rights Act of 1964

1. After the Golden Age of Academia in the 1950s and 1960s, American colleges and universities in the 1970s were most challenged in which of the following ways? (A) Financially (B) Politically (C) Intellectually (D) Athletically

(A) Financially

1. In the wake of President Richard Nixon's decision to send U.S. troops into Cambodia, students on this campus protested in early May 1970, set fire to the campus ROTC building, and confronted soldiers within the National Guard. The Guard then opened fire, killing four students and wounding nine others. (A) Kent State University (B) University of California, Berkeley (C) Cornell University (D) State University of New York at Buffalo

(A) Kent State University

1. In the 1960s, educators like Clark Kerr and Daniel Bell argued that America had entered a Post-industrial society where this was the currency of the new economy? (A) Knowledge (B) Competence (C) Skills (D) Culture

(A) Knowledge

1. Which of the following served as a manifesto for the ideas, ideals, and aspirations of the New Left on college campuses? (A) Port Huron Statement (B) The Mind of Clark Kerr (C) LSD and Me (D) The Communist Manifesto

(A) Port Huron Statement

1. Which of the following envisioned a new federal role in U.S. higher education in 1947 that would strengthen democracy, expand college enrollments (especially by way of community colleges), and increase federal financial assistance? (A) The President's Commission on Higher Education (B) General Education in a Free Society (C) Who Should Go to College? (D) Master Plan for Higher Education in California

(A) The President's Commission on Higher Education

1. During which of the following eras did the enrollment of women in higher education surpass that of men in higher education? (A) 1960s (B) 1970s (C) 1980s (D) 1990s

(B) 1970s

1. Which of the following movements in the South abandoned interracial cooperation and pressed institutions of higher education to adopt special programs for minoritized students? (A) Third World Revolution (B) Black Power (C) Afro-American Society (D) The New Radicals

(B) Black Power

1. In the wake of increased federal research funds in the 1950s, widespread university misgivings manifested as "the four Ds" and included (1) Distortion of academic research, (2) Displacement of other university functions, (3) Dependence on federal research funding, and (4) what else? (A) Dilapidation of campus buildings (B) Domination by the federal government (C) Deletion of the liberal arts curriculum (D) Depletion of instructional budgets

(B) Domination by the federal government

1. Who was the graduate of Smith College that started a letter-writing campaign to increase admissions of qualified black students, resulting in the organization of the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students (NSSFNS)? (A) Helen Magill (B) Felice Nierenberg Schwartz (C) Betsy Ross (D) Anna Howard Shaw

(B) Felice Nierenberg Schwartz

1. What did the Student Search Service offer colleges and universities across the nation? (A) Federal grants for students from low socio-economic backgrounds (B) The names, addresses, and SAT scores of test takers (C) Public land grants for studies in computational and mathematical sciences (D) Incentives to pursue open admissions policies

(B) The names, addresses, and SAT scores of test takers

1. What Supreme Court ruling in 1954 ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional? (A) Dartmouth v. Woodward (B) Grutter v. Bollinger (C) Brown v. Board of Education (D) Texas v. Johnson

(C) Brown v. Board of Education

1. Which of the following institution types grew so much in the 1960s that, by the end of the decade, new ones of this type had opened at a rate of better than one per week? (A) Regional colleges and universities (B) Public urban universities (C) Community colleges (D) Branch campuses

(C) Community colleges

1. What was "the new colossus" of American philanthropy that funded a range of social science research at American universities in the 1950s and 1960s? (A) Gates Foundation (B) Lumina Foundation (C) Ford Foundation (D) General Education Board

(C) Ford Foundation

1. Which of the following organizations was the largest and best-organized student protest group of the 1960s? (A) SLATE (B) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (C) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) (D) Free Speech Movement (FSM)

(C) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

1. What act did U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sign on June 22, 1944, that sought to integrate servicemen into American society after World War II, and ultimately funded a college education for 2.2 million veterans from 1945 to 1954? (A) The Veteran's Administration Act of 1944 (B) The National Planning Act (C) The Serviceman's Readjustment Act (D) The New Deal

(C) The Serviceman's Readjustment Act

1. By the end of the 1950s, why did most junior college students enroll in their Junior Colleges? (A) To obtain an Associate Degree (B) To take a critical number of vocational courses (C) To enroll in transfer curricula (D) To stall during a period of low employment

(C) To enroll in transfer curricula

1. Founded by Bernice Sandler, this organization spearheaded legal challenges at colleges and universities throughout the 1970s. (A) National Organization of Women (NOW) (B) American Association of University Women (AAUW) (C) Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) (D) National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)

(C) Women's Equity Action League (WEAL)

1. Which of the following reforms within undergraduate education increased to over 100 programs by the early 1960s? (A) Distribution requirements (B) Western Civ programs (C) Cluster colleges (D) Honors programs

(D) Honors programs

Launched in the spring and summer of 1943, which of the following was not a formal military program on a college campus that prepared inductees for technical specialties or officer candidacy during World War II? (A) Navy V-12 Program (B) Army Specialized Training Program (C) Army Air Forces programs (D) Marine C-10 Program

(D) Marine C-10 Program

1. In the wake of the tidal wave of baby boomers arriving to college in 1964 and after, what significant change happened with new student enrollments that still exists today? (A) Low-income students made for the highest percentage of public enrollments (B) College-going was determined more by academic aptitude than before (C) Graduate students pursuing PhDs outnumbered existing faculty (D) The gender balance shifted from men to women

(D) The gender balance shifted from men to women

1. Which of the following institutions claimed to be the first public four-year university created from scratch in the 20th century? (A) Wayne State University (B) Ball State (C) University of California, Los Angeles (D) University of South Florida

(D) University of South Florida

1. What store did four black freshmen from North Carolina A&T sit in at the lunch counter to protest a Whites-only policy in 1960? (A) Macy's (B) Denny's (C) Shoney's (D) Woolworth's

(D) Woolworth's

1. Amid the Cold War of the late 1940s and 1950s, HUAC's often targeted institutions of higher education and their faculty for perceived affiliation with the Communist Party. What does HUAC stand for?

House Un-American Activities Committee

1. Fill in the blank: By the early 1970s, faculty on some campuses altered their role in university governance significantly by organizing ____________ .

unions

1. The signature achievement of the women's movement in higher education was what?

women's studies