Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
The University in the Forest
Why is it called Brothers College? Who was Embury? Want to know more about Drew’s long history? Peruse this readable volume:
REF378.73 D776E C973u 2002
Academic Dress and Insignia of the World
You can’t tell the B.A. from the D.Litt. without a program! Detailed descriptions of the academic dress, including hoods, facings, linings and other regalia of institutions of higher learning and degrees.
REF 378.28 S649a
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Check out the beginnings of modern academia, and academic costume, in the Middle Ages. Includes academic degrees, costume, and universities.
See our Databases list online.
Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry
Commencement has inspired many writers to verse. Check out Oliver Wendell Holmes “Harvard College Commencement” and Christopher Smart’s *“*On Taking a Batchelor’s Degree” as well as Emerson’s “Valedictory Poem” and Sophie Jewett’s “To-day’s Daughter.”
On theDatabases list, or http://www.columbiagrangers.org/grangers/
Vital Speeches of the Day
Looking for important commencement speeches of the past? The electronic version of this revered resource is the place to go. Search by “baccalaureate addresses” or “commencement” or “graduation”.
See the Electronic Journals list: http://depts.drew.edu/lib/ej-list
See also the Yahoo Directory of Graduation Speeches
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Graduation/Speeches/
The Condition of Education
Are there really more students graduating from college than there used to be? According to the U.S. Dept. of Ed, yes. “The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded increased by 33 percent between 1989-90 and 2003-04.” Find more education statistics in the Condition of Education:
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/index.asp