John R. Thelin
{{Short description|American scholar of higher education}}
John R. Thelin is an American professor of higher education and public policy in the United States.{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Joshua |title=Reading Thelin's 'A History of American Higher Education' as an Amateur Futurist |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/learning-innovation/reading-thelin%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98-history-american-higher-education%E2%80%99-amateur-futurist |access-date=25 March 2021 |work=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}} He taught at the University of Kentucky starting in 1966.{{cite web |title=John Thelin |url=https://education.uky.edu/profile/john-thelin/ |website=UK College of Education |publisher=University of Kentucky |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411000210/https://education.uky.edu/profile/john-thelin/ |url-status=dead }} He is currently a professor emeritus.
Early life and awards
Thelin received his bachelor's in history from Brown University and his master's and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Jaschik |title=Author discusses his new book about going to college in the '60s |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/12/13/author-discusses-his-new-book-about-going-college-60s |access-date=25 March 2021 |work=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}} While at Brown University, he was on the varsity wrestling team.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-06 |title=John Thelin {{!}} Wilson Center |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/john-thelin |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.wilsoncenter.org |language=en}} In 2011, he was given the Outstanding Research Achievement Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).{{Cite web |title=The EvoLLLution {{!}} John Thelin {{!}} Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, University of Kentucky |url=https://evolllution.com/author/john-thelin |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=evolllution.com |language=en}} He served as the president of ASHE from 1999 to 2000.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-22 |title=John R. Thelin |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/john-r-thelin-410485 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}} In 2023, Thelin was honored with the University of Kentucky Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement.{{Cite web |last=Hardesty |first=Robby |date=2023-05-11 |title=Educational policy scholar John Thelin receives Medallion for Intellectual Achievement |url=https://uknow.uky.edu/professional-news/educational-policy-scholar-john-thelin-receives-medallion-intellectual-achievement |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=UKNow}} He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a prestigious honor society.
Works
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- A History of American Higher Education{{cite journal |last1=Rhatigan |first1=James J |title=A History of American Higher Education |journal=Journal of College Student Development |date=2006 |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=122 |doi=10.1353/csd.2006.0012}}{{cite journal |last1=Toma |first1=J. Douglas |title=A History of American Higher Education (review) |journal=The Review of Higher Education |date=2005 |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=640–641 |doi=10.1353/rhe.2005.0052}}
- Going to College in the Sixties{{cite news |last1=Garrett Cooper |first1=Mark |last2=Marx |first2=John |title=Beyond the Counterculture: Rethinking College in the '60s |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/beyond-the-counterculture-rethinking-college-in-the-60s/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |work=Los Angeles Review of Books |date=13 May 2019}}
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