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Lepkowski, Wil – Chemical and Engineering News, 1980
Presents a biographical sketch and lists qualifications of John B. Slaughter, a successful Black electrical engineer, recently appointed the new director of the National Science Foundation. (CS)
Descriptors: Biographies, Blacks, Engineering Education, Federal Government
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Bartels, Dennis; Bartels, Alice – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1984
Describes origin and development of programs, focusing on affirmative action at the Faculty of Northern Peoples of Leningrad's Herzen Pedagogical Institute. Offers conclusions and implications for North America. Includes extensive bibliography, tables on Siberian populations and languages, and biographies of two Siberian educators and two female…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Biographies, Educational Opportunities
Lobb, Nancy – 1995
The lives of many Hispanic Americans have made a difference in the story of America. Hispanic Americans are people whose families can be traced to the Spanish speaking countries. At the time of the 1990 census, there were 22,400,000 Hispanic Americans in the United States. They should be proud of their heritage, and should recognize the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Biographies, Census Figures, Childrens Literature
Goldberg, Mark F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Formerly National Education Association president, Mary Futrell got NEA to support the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and helped shift NEA's focus to professional development and human-rights issues. She believes teachers must help state and district entities set academic and professional-development standards. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Activism, Biographies, Blacks
Molohon, Bernard, Comp. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1941
This booklet brings together memorable expressions on liberty and democracy by philosophers, statesmen, and writers of all times. It also presents in brief story form memorable episodes in the never-ending struggle for freedom. The selected references suggest sources of additional material on these subjects. If these quotations and stories find…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, Speeches, Democracy
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Franklin, V. P. – Journal of Education, 1990
Community leadership roles taken by African-American educators between 1795 and 1954 are reviewed, including biographical sketches of several prominent Blacks. Educators were major figures in African-American movements toward specific cultural objectives. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Biographies, Black History, Black Institutions
Wolcott, John D. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1929
This document contains a classified and annotated list of research studies in education, so far as reported to the Bureau of Education, which were completed in the United States during the year ended June 30, 1927. The compilers have endeavored to make the list as comprehensive as possible. Both published and unpublished studies are included.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Annotated Bibliographies, Research Reports, Teaching Methods