1790 - 1869

•Emergent Nation Era

•Religious groups, distance between settlements, and lack of superordnate agencies to impose regulation made college formation relatively easy in this era.

•Permanent faculty present by 1800 in most institutions due to advanced course introductions in math and science.

•In 1819, the Supreme Court ruled against state involvement in matters of private institutions. 

•The first women’s college, Wesleyan Female College, opened in 1837.

•In the 1840s and 1850s, the launch of agricultural program was unsuccessful.

References:

Cohen, A. M., & Kisker, C. B. (2010). The shaping of american higher education :Emergence and growth of the contemporary system (2nd ed.). San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass.

Taggart, R. J. (2008). WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE: A college before its time? American Educational History Journal, 35(1/2), 221-232.