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Abstract
The history of Robert College cannot be told without attending to the rich and diverse arrays of intersecting histories from this important region of the world. The purpose of this dissertation is to consider the larger influence of American founders on Robert College. The problem will be addressed from multiple angles, the most significant of which are the influence of American educational models, and a consideration of the missionary and native interactions in the context of the Ottoman Empire. The thesis argues that despite its establishment as a Christian missionary institution, Robert College did not fully progress and reach its goals until the school developed a broader curriculum gradually shifting away from an exclusively Christian theological curriculum. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.)