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"Starting from Ground Zero:" Constraints and Experiences of Adult Women Returning to College
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Deutsch, Nancy L.; Schmertz, Barbara – Review of Higher Education, 2011
Women adult students face particular constraints when pursuing degrees. This paper uses focus group data to explore the educational pathways, barriers, and supports of women students. Women's educations are shaped by personal and structural gendered forces, including family, economic, and workplace issues. Women report conflict over short-term…
Descriptors: Females, Focus Groups, Adult Students, Education Work Relationship
Educational Directory, 1937. Bulletin, 1937, No. 1. Part III: Colleges and Universities Including All Institutions of Higher Education
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Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
This is the third part of the 1937 educational directory published by the Office of Education. This bulletin focuses on colleges and universities, including all institutions of higher education. Institutions are classified according to their offerings into six types: (1) College or university offering liberal arts; 4-year; degree-granting; (2)…
Descriptors: Educational History, Directories, Educational Administration, College Administration
Educational Directory 1936-1939
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United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1939
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.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Directories, Educational Administration, School Administration