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Myers, George E. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
This manuscript was prepared after the author spent a year in Germany studying the problems of vocational education with special reference to the application of German methods in American schools. The author discusses in a clear and concise manner four interesting and important problems in vocational education in Germany, about which there is need…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Demography, Industrial Education
Linden, Fabian; Ryscavage, Paul – 1987
The 20th century has brought many demographic changes to the United States. This booklet briefly relates some of those changes and provides many charts and graphs to illustrate the changes graphically. The century has been one of population growth, but the rate of growth has slowed since the 1950s. The population is mobile, with more than two out…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Demography, Females
Ford, Thomas R., Ed. – 1978
In 1974 the Rural Sociological Society commissioned a survey on changes that were occuring in different segments of rural society in the United States; information from that survey is presented in the volume of readings. Using an ecological perspective as the analytic framework, the readings focus on the adaption of humans to their environment a…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Change, Community Change, Community Organizations
Phillips, Frank M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
Statistics of kindergartens and of elementary and high schools, supported by public funds in the various States, are given in this report. The major items presented include total enrollments, high-school enrollments, average daily attendance in all schools, number of teachers, number of school buildings, value of school property, and expenditures.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Public Schools, Statistical Surveys, National Surveys
Carson, Arthur L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Because of close relations between the Philippines and the United States in the earlier years of this century, developments in the Philippines since that country achieved its independence in 1946 are of particular interest to Americans. An important aspect of the island nation's efforts in its first 15 years of complete self-government is the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, War
Carson, Arthur L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Because of close relations between the Philippines and the United States in the earlier years of this century, developments in the Philippines since that country achieved its independence in 1946 are of particular interest to Americans. An important aspect of the island nation's efforts in its first 15 years of complete self-government is the…
Descriptors: Educational History, War, Politics of Education, Economic Factors