A、The growth of Queen’s University. B、A transition in university education. C、Major differences between secondary schools and co

In many ways college students of the last two decades of the 19th century were deeply involved in the process of change. The North American institutions they attended were undergoing profound change. It was not just that more students were being admitted. These were different students some were women. In Ontario, Canada, Queen’s University was the first to admit women into degree programs, and then the University of Toronto followed suit eight years later in 1884. Moreover, as colleges ceased to cater more narrowly to candidates for the religious ministry, and professions came to be seen as a logical continuation of secondary school, young students began to predominate. So universities had to adjust to the needs of students who were less mature and less settled in their interests.
   As the students changed, so did the curriculum. Academic and professional training became much more complex, but the traditional art program was changed as well. Rigid courses of study full of Greek and Latin prerequisites were replaced at many schools by optional systems that featured new subjects, such as English literature, economics and psychology. Old subjects, like biology and philosophy, were also rocked by new ideas so that they too seemed very different.