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A Historical Review of FCS: Recommendations to Address Current Challenges
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Elizabeth A. Ramsey; Melinda Swafford – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
This article provides a historical review of the FCS profession beginning with the Progressive Era and founder Ellen Swallows Richards. The review includes a summary of significant historical events and legislation, that reveal how the FCS profession addressed the needs of individuals, families, and communities from inception to the present. From…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
Legislative History of Adult Education in the USA
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Chugai, Oksana – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
In the article the involvement of Federal government into adult education is analyzed; the nature and extent of legislative measures taken in order to improve the quality of adult education in the USA is investigated. [For the complete Volume 12 proceedings, see ED597979.]
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational History
Land-Grant College Education, 1910 to 1920. Part I: History and Educational Objectives. Bulletin, 1924, No. 30
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John, Walton C., Ed. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1925
For more than a quarter of a century the United States has witnessed a period remarkable in the variety and the extent of its scientific achievements. This is all the more apparent if individuals compare developments in the fields of agriculture, engineering, and their allied sciences and industries with those of the preceding period. Likewise a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Role, Educational Objectives, Educational History