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Jordan, Chet; Picciano, Anthony – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
The book analyses and evaluates several key community college reform programs that emerged after the Recession of 2008 and as a result of major initiatives in California, New York, Tennessee, Florida, Connecticut and Wisconsin. Because of the economic downturn in the early 21st Century, an already eroding financial base for public higher education…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Economic Climate, Program Implementation
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Ogren, Christine A. – History of Education Quarterly, 1995
Argues that Wisconsin's normal schools presented a less restrictive and more coeducational environment than more prestigious universities. Utilizing primary and archival sources discovers that the normal schools achieved a remarkable degree of gender equity in their treatment of male and female students. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elective Courses, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
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Kliebard, Herbert M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1996
Observes the changes in public education that occurred along the Wisconsin frontier. As the territory progressed, education changed from a winter-term only enterprise lead by male farmer/teachers to a full term lead by professionally trained women teachers. Identifies professionalization as the greatest influence on the feminization of teaching.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education