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Download full textSwigget, Glen Levin – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
The National Conference on Secretarial Training, called by the United States Bureau of Education in cooperation with Boston University, was held at the College of Secretarial Science Saturday, October 27, 1923. The conference was attended by 120 delegates, representing Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Rhode…
Descriptors: Office Occupations, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Public Schools
Bonner, H. R. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
This report presents the statistics of 902 private, commercial and business schools reporting in 1920. Only 12 more schools reported in 1920 than in 1918. In addition to these, there were 380 other schools of this character which did not submit a report. Of the 902 schools reporting, 841 were nondenominational commercial schools and 61 were…
Descriptors: Salesmanship, Average Daily Attendance, Parochial Schools, Educational Environment
Malott, J. O. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
This chapter of the "Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1928-1930" focuses on the following topic areas as they relate to commercial education: (1) Introduction; (2) Trends revealed by enrollment statistics; (3) Research basis for objectives; (4) Commercial occupation surveys; (5) Office equipment surveys; (6) Job analyses; (7)…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Trends, Business Education, Business Administration Education
Herlihy, Lester B. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1934
This bulletin is the eighth compilation of statistics on private commercial and business schools made by the Office of Education since 1900. The seventh, or preceding report, on this field of education was published for the year 1929. The effect of the economic situation on private commercial and business schools has been to reduce their…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, School Statistics, Questionnaires
