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Schejbal, David; Wilson, David – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2008
Higher education--and continuing education as one arm of that enterprise--is not just an economic engine; it contributes directly and in a multifaceted fashion to the common good. It generates and makes accessible a great deal of the knowledge that drives the economy; it helps develop an understanding of the society and the world for millions of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Continuing Education, Value Judgment, Private Education
Steiner, Bernard C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
Henry Barnard was "one of the men who revitalized the American common-school system", and as such, he is clearly worthy of a biography. Not only was his service a noted one to elementary education, but as college president and as the organizer of the United States Bureau of Education his activity also touched other parts of the country's…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Educational Development, College Presidents, Educational History