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D'Amico, Anthony J. – 1979
The document presents a history of an Italian immigrant family that settled in Westport, Connecticut, before 1900. The monograph is part of a project to investigate the ethnically varied cultural heritage of the Norwalk-Westport area. Objectives of the history are to record the story of the d'Amico family, shed light on the Westport Italian…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, Attitude Change, Community Characteristics
Mahar, John L. – 1979
The history of immigration to Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut, from the Revolutionary War period to 1979 is presented. The reading is part of a project to investigate the ethnically varied cultural heritage of the Norwalk-Westport area. It is arranged in two major sections. Section I focuses on Westport--described as an attractive suburban town…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, Blacks, Census Figures
Herbst, Jurgen – 1982
The history of the institutional, governmental, and legal development of American higher education before 1820 is examined. This study portrays the early history of American higher education as the transformation of European institutions by American conditions, views the old as coexisting but also competing with the new, perceives institutional…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Administration, College Faculty, College Role
PDF pending restorationWright, Grace S.; Gaumnitz, Walter H.; McDonald, Everett A., Jr. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
The most common problem and characteristic associated with secondary education in the small and rural communities is its limitations--low financial resources, inadequate plant and equipment, small enrollments, restricted curriculum offerings, and small and overworked staffs. The purpose of this report is to show that these limitations need not…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Community Relationship, Instructional Improvement, Counseling Services
Westport-Weston Arts Council, CT. – 1979
Transcripts are presented of interviews with 20 individuals of various ethnic backgrounds who live in the Westport-Norwalk, Connecticut, area. The document is part of a project to investigate the ethnically varied cultural, heritage of the Westport-Norwalk area from 1900 to 1979. Persons interviewed are identified by ethnic group, including…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, Attitude Change, Community Study
Download full textFernandez, Alice Barrows – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
Transmitted herewith, is a report of the physical survey of the schools of Meriden, Connecticut, with suggestions and recommendations for a building program for the city. Two sets of recommendations for the building program are submitted. One is based on the usual plan of organization, through which a seat is provided for every child enrolled in…
Descriptors: School Buildings, School Community Relationship, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Facilities Design
