171 - The “Flexner Report” a century later. Was this,glory just and true?
Autor(s): Romolo M. Dorizzi
Issue: RIMeL - IJLaM, Vol. 6, N. 3, 2010 (MAF Servizi srl ed.)
Page(s): 171-9
Summary
Abraham Flexner was the sixth of nine childrenand brother of the medical researcher Simon Flexner, who was employed by the Rockefeller Foundation from 1901 to 1935. Flexner graduated fromJohns Hopkins University at age 19 and then attended Harvard University and the University of Berlin. Flexner returned to Louisville and founded a private school based on small classes, personal attention, and hands-on teaching. Most graduates of his school were accepted at leading colleges, and Flexner’s school attracted considerable attention. In 1908, Flexner published The Ame-rican College, strongly critical of many aspectsof American higher education such as the university lectures as the main (or unique) methodof instruction.....