Adult education has been available so that immigrants can assimilate into American culture by acquiring the English language skills and vocational skills that they can use for employment. However adult education programmers encounter problems regarding student retention. Evening adult programs have had several problems. The Latino adult students…

Racism is part of the foundation of U.S. society and institutions, yet few studies in community psychology or organizational studies have examined how racism affects organizations. This paper proposes a conceptual framework of institutional racism, which describes how, in spite of professional standards and ethics, racism functions within…

During the biennium 1926-1928 approximately 1,200 educational acts of general application were passed in the continental United States. The outstanding general feature is the increased tendency to employ educational surveys and state-wide investigations as bases for educational legislation. In recent years legislatures and school officials have…

This is the first part of the 1937 educational directory published by the Office of Education. This bulletin focuses on State and county school officers. It contains the following: (1) United States Office of Education; (2) Principal State school officers; and (3) County and other superintendents of schools. Individual sections contain footnotes.…

Part 1 of the education directories for 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939 covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Department of Interior Office of Education officials, principal state school officers, and county and other local superintendents are listed. Part 2 lists principal city school officers and Catholic parochial school superintendents.…

Progress in home economics education has been marked in recent years. To the normal rapid increase in the number of high schools offering courses, the extension of systematic training in home making into the lower grades, the establishment of new courses in liberal arts colleges, and the more adequate support of departments previously organized…