dustrialandurbansociety.Newschoolsoftechnology,engineering,architecture,lawandmedicineflourished.raduatestudy,suchaswhathadlongexistedinFranceandGermany.HarvardandJohnHopkinsUniversitiesquicklytooktheleadinthisfield,butthestateuniversitiesdidnotlagfarbehind.Thethirdwastheincreasedprovisionfortheeducationofwomen.Thisincludedtheestablishmentofnewwomen'scolleges,suchasVassar,WellesleyandSmith,andtheadoptionofco-educationinallthenewstateuniversitiesoutsidetheSouthaswellasinmanyprivateinstitutions:Thesedevelopments,thegrowthofthetechnologicalandprofessionaleducation,raduatestudy,andtheincreasededucationalopportunitiesforwomenbeganoveracenturyago,welloverthirteendecadessincetheendoftheCivilWar.ExerciseswithKey1.Whatdoesthespeakermainlytalkabout?BPost-CivilWardevelopmentsinhighereducationintheUSA