Greenwood Publishing Group : American Students Organize

American Students Organize
Founding the U.S. National Student Association After World War II

An Anthology and Sourcebook
Series: ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education
Edited by Eugene G. Schwartz Produced by the USNSA Anthology Project

0-275-99100-8/978-0-275-99100-5

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The founding of the U.S. National Student Association (NSA) in September of 1947 was shaped by the immediate concerns and worldview of the "GI Bill Generation" of American Students, returning from a world at war to build a world at peace. The more than 90 living authors of this book, all of whom are of that generation, tell about NSA's formation and first five years. The book also provides a prologue reaching back into the 1930s and an epilogue going forward to the sixties and beyond.

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-[C]hronicles the founding of this vast and influential movement. Schwartz is a publishing consultant and president of Consortium House. He and more than twenty contributing editors have put together this collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, and articles from ninety former members of the NSA. It presents a powerfully comprehensive history of the organization, from its influences before and during the war to the programs and projects it undertook. —ForeWord Magazine

-The anthology describes how members of the so-called GI Bill generation promoted academic freedom, social justice, and student self-governance during a pivotal period in academe's history, when millions of war veterans went to college, doubling national enrollments and jolting the collegiate status quo. Told a half-century later, the tale of the nation's oldest and largest student group traces the emergence of a contemporary ideal: the college student as a highly engaged engine of civic action. Part time capsule and part narrative, this whopping compilation weighs in at 1,200 pages and contains the personal accounts of 85 former student leaders. The contributors include six former college presidents and chancellors, as well as more than 20 former deans and professors. —The Chronicle of Higher Education

Endorsement From Thomas Ehrlich President Emeritus, Indiana University Senior Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

An absolutely indispensable reference work....This is a story book of almost magical dimensions...a lasting contribution to our understanding of the post World War II era, and the history of higher education in that era.

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