Over the past four hundred years, schools and education have changed dramatically — from elite institutions reserved for the few to compulsory schooling for children and teens and a wide range of choices for college. How did these changes come about? What were the driving forces that reshaped education to our current system? Along the way, we will focus on both educational methods and practices, with particular focus on the rise of Christian schooling beginning in the 19^th and 20^th century, including the foundation and development of Calvin Theological Seminary and Calvin University as we mark its 150th anniversary.

Subject: history, education

Since 1997 Karin Maag has been the director of the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, one of the world’s foremost collections of works on or by John Calvin. She currently serves as adjunct faculty at Calvin Theological Seminary, teaching classes on church history and research methods. This marks her 50^th course for CALL since 2000.