A Scarcity of Great Men
A Scarcity of Great Men
Educating Leaders at Howard and Oberlin
Chapter 6 explores the paths Howard and Oberlin took to attain elite status. The field of higher education increasingly emphasized liberal arts education for white elites and industrial training for blacks. Yet both Howard and Oberlin framed their students as having a unique capacity for leadership. Indeed, until the early 1900s, Howard was more likely than Oberlin to be linked in the press to the universities that have since been dubbed “the Ivy League” than to other predominantly black schools. Both Howard and Oberlin prioritized masculinity. While neither banned women, as did other universities, women were deprioritized in the colleges’ ascension to elite status.
Keywords: Howard, Oberlin, men’s higher education, masculinity, gender coeducation, integration
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