George Makdisi (1920-2002) [Dr. Sherman Jackson's mentor/adviser/teacher]

http://www.middleeastmedievalists.org/makdisi.html

http://www.jstor.org/stable/601679

https://archive.org/details/TheRiseOfCollegesInstituionsOfLearningInIslamAndTheWest

http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-rise-of-colleges-9780852243756;jsessionid=FCCCBAB28E0E7AEEDE9B5A6AB71F1065?cc=us&lang=en&

Review of Makdisi's Rise of Colleges: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=3745404&jid=BSO&volumeId=48&issueId=01&aid=3745400

http://www.amazon.com/The-Rise-Colleges-George-Makdisi/dp/0852243758

http://www.amazon.com/IbnAqil-Religion-Culture-Classical-Islam/dp/0748609601/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JEGX2PJQQDCGD97B5E3

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;view=toc;idno=heb00913.0001.001;rgn=full%20text#reviews