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Lawrence A. Cremin

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Lawrence A. Cremin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1925-10-31 （Manhattan, New York）
Died
1990-09-04 （New York City） age 64
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
educational historian, administrator, professor
Active Years
1949-1990
Affiliations
Teachers College, Columbia University, Spencer Foundation
Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society

Education

City College of New York
Degree: B.A., M.A.
Country: United States
Columbia University
History
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1949
Country: United States
Ph.D. (1949)

Awards

Bancroft Prize
1962
Work: The Transformation of the School: Progressivism in American Education, 1876–1957
Category: American History
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞
Pulitzer Prize for History
1981
Work: American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876
Category: History
Organization: Pulitzer Prize Board
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Transformation of the School: Progressivism in American Education, 1876–1957

1961 educational history

A study of the progressive education movement and its impact on American education from the late 19th to mid-20th century, broadening analysis beyond school-centered perspectives to include other educational agencies and social factors.

progressivisminstitutional change in educationnon-school educational agencies

American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876

1980 educational history

A comprehensive account of the development of education in the United States from 1783 to 1876. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History.

education in the early republicstate and education relationshipsinstitution formation

Popular Education and Its Discontents

1990 essays / education criticism

A collection of essays on education and its popularization, addressing issues of educational reform and the problems of mass education. Published the year before his death.

popular educationeducation criticismeducational reform

Bibliography

  • The American Common School: An Historic Conception (1951)
  • The Transformation of the School: Progressivism in American Education, 1876–1957 (1961)
  • The Wonderful World of Ellwood Patterson Cubberley: An Essay On The Historiography of American Education (1965)
  • The Genius of American Education (1965)
  • American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607-1783
  • American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876 (1980)
  • American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876-1980
  • Popular Education and its Discontents (1990)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly and analytical tonecomparative-historical approachinstitutional history focus
Recurring Motifs
development of educational institutionsrelationship between public education and democracyregional and international comparison

Health

  • heart attack (acute)
    1990-09-04
    Died suddenly of a heart attack, abruptly ending his active career.

Legacy

Lawrence A. Cremin expanded the study of American educational history by integrating non-school educational agencies and social factors into a broader analytical framework. He was a leading scholar in the field and notable as a university administrator.

Academic Societies

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Philosophical Society

Archives

  • Lawrence A. Cremin Papers, Columbia University

Quotes

  • Contrary to the drift of a good deal of scholarly opinion during the past ten years, I happen to believe that on balance the American education system has contributed significantly to the advancement of liberty, equality, and fraternity, in that complementarity and tension that mark the relations among them in a free society.
    Source: Traditions of American Education (1977) (1977)

Trivia

  • Seventh president of Teachers College, Columbia University (1974–1984).
  • Won the Bancroft Prize in 1962 and the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1981.
  • Died suddenly of a heart attack in 1990.