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title: 'The Systematizing and Strengthening of Higher Education'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Mitchell MacCracken'
date: 1895-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Luke 17'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/maccracken-1895-the-systematizing-and-strengthening-of-higher-education
---

# The Systematizing and Strengthening of Higher Education

Chancellor MacCracken urges Presbyterians to systematize and strengthen American education, comparing U.S. schools with Scotland’s and calling for teacher support and university reform.

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