Abstract

The article explains the limited presence of geography in New England higher education as a result of the structure of the region’s higher education system. Blending the geography and history of education literatures, it identifies type of control (public vs. private), institution type, urban location, multi-campus university systems, and the weak position of geography in secondary schools and community colleges as key influences upon the existence of an undergraduate major in geography. The article also considers windows of opportunity when geography departments were commonly established and provides selected examples of institutions that closed geography departments.

摘要

这篇文章解释了由于该地区高等教育系统的结构，地理在新英格兰高等教育中的存在有限。结合教育文献的地理和历史，它将控制类型（公立与私立）、机构类型、城市位置、多校区大学系统以及地理在中学和社区学院中的弱势地位确定为对教育的关键影响。地理学本科专业的存在。这篇文章还考虑了地理系普遍建立时的机会窗口，并提供了关闭地理系的机构的精选例子。