Editing Andrew Dickson White (section)

==Legacy and honors==

Historian Benjamin G, Rader argues that in creating Cornell:<blockquote>White championed nondenominationalism, coeducation, an
elective curriculum, and academic freedom. These positions won him a lasting reputation as a pioneer in the history of higher education.<ref>Benjamin G, Rader, "Review" ''Journal of American History'' (March 1980) 66#4 p. 958.</ref></blockquote>

According to professor [[Geoffrey Blodgett]], White confronted a series of complex challenges in his long career:<blockquote>Above all, the creation from scratch of a large, high-quality, coeducational, nonsectarian public university in the cockpit of post-Civil War, educational politics was an organizational chore of awesome subtlety for man of White's genteel background and soaring ideals."<ref>Geoffrey Blodgett, ”Review” in ‘’American Historical Review’’ (Feb. 1980) 85#1 p. 226.</ref></blockquote>

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'''Earned degrees'''
* [[Yale University|Yale]] - A.B. (1853)
* [[Yale University|Yale]] - M.A. History (1856)
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White was awarded numerous honorary degrees, including:
*[[University of Michigan]], [[Doctor of Law|LL.D.]] (1867)
*[[Cornell University]], LL.D. (1886)
*[[Yale University]], LL.D. (1887)
*[[Columbia University]], [[Doctor of Humane Letters|L.H.D.]] (1887)
*[[University of Jena]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] (1889)
*[[St. Andrew's University]], LL.D. (October 1902)<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=University intelligence |date=23 October 1902 |page=9 |issue=36906}}</ref>
*[[Johns Hopkins University]], LL.D. (1902)
*[[University of Oxford]], [[Doctor of Civil Law|D.C.L.]] in connection with the [[Bodleian Library]] tercentenary (October 1902)<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=University intelligence |date=8 October 1902 |page=4 |issue=36893}}</ref>
*[[Dartmouth College]], LL.D. (1906)