How did the industrial Revolution effect education?
American colleges and Universities responded to the needs of skilled trade workers created by the Industrial Revolution by offering extensive services such as short courses, summer schools and profession specific programs, in order to “assist the ordinary individual as well as the man of talent” Van Hise, 1915 (Stubblefield & Keane, 1994). By opening up more classes in the colleges for more people to obtain these new needed skills, more people were able to find jobs. I feel that the efforts made by the colleges and universities were genuine. The colleges afforded an opportunity for everyone, including women, to obtain skills, both vocational and technical. The extensions implemented as a response to the needs of the Industrial Revolution are still utilized today.
