Background/Context: Little research has been done on higher education for women during the 1930s, even though scholars have pointed to this period as a turning point because the proportion of female students declined during this decade. The decline was only relative, however, as men's enrollments skyrocketed while women's increased more slowly.…

This paper examines a burgeoning network of organizations that is inventing new forms of community renewal and citizenship education. Their names vary--some call themselves public policy institutes, others centers for civic life--yet they share a common methodology, one aimed at tackling tough public issues, strengthening communities, and…

"Citizenship" is a quality that most Americans would agree should be promoted in the schools. "Values education," as we have seen, provokes controversy and the question "Whose values are you going to teach?" An acceptable response is: "Values of citizenship, American democratic values, and the values upon which…

Contained herein are results and report of study on the current educational topics of: (1) Illiteracy in the United states and in Europe; (2) Industrial Supervisors in Georgia; (3) the New Phases of Education in Buffalo, N.Y; (4) Juvenile labor Bureaus and Vocational Guidance in Great Britain; and (5) a review of the Educational Museum of the St.…