Over this past weekend, I attended the Induction Ceremony for the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2014. As a lifelong Atlanta Braves fan, it was a real treat. Three Braves went into the Hall from the great teams in the 1990’s that won so many games. The combination of baseball and history struck me. I thought about how few industries are so heavily influenced by tradition, culture, and history. One of the great things about higher education is that we, like baseball, are an industry filled with the same affinity for the past.

One of the reason that I enjoy teaching the History of Higher Education course is that history influences so much of the way colleges and university exist today.

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