American Collegiate Populations

Colin B. Burke's American Collegiate Populations: A Test of the Traditional View (New York University Press, 1982) is an important work for those reading histories of higher education, especially those written earlier in the 20th century.

Several reviews are also available:

Walter P. Metzger's review in The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 55, No. 3 (May - June, 1984), pp. 419-422.

Marcia G. Synnott's review in The Journal of American History, Vol. 70, No. 4 (March, 1984), p. 882.