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Download full textZeigel, William H., Jr. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
The purpose of this report on research in secondary education is to study: (1) the personnel of educational research bureaus; (2) the undertakings of research departments in city school systems and in individual secondary schools; (3) the research undertakings carried on by individual secondary-school staff members not officially connected with…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Educational Research, Urban Schools, Secondary Education
Summers, F. William – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Describes the use of library surveys as a tool for library planning in the United States from the late 19th century to the present. Different eras of library planning in the United States are identified, and the weaknesses and strengths of the survey method are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Library Planning, Library Research
Klein, Arthur J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
This survey of higher education during the two years is an attempt to present briefly some of the events of action and of discussion which have promoted or obstructed the tendencies to restate higher educational objectives and to reconstitute college and university organization and procedures. Topics covered include: (1) Objectives of higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Community Characteristics, Educational Objectives
Deffenbaugh, W. S.; Zeigel, William H., Jr. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
The study of the practices in the selection and appointment of teachers indicates that the specific methods employed in locating, selecting, and appointing teachers differ considerably in cities of various sizes, in different regions of the country, and in the various types of schools. In 1930 about 8 per cent of the secondary-school teaching…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Principals, Superintendents, Urban Schools
Jessen, Carl A. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
The publication and wide circulation of the monographs of the National Survey of Secondary Education offer an appropriate background for a statement on research needed in secondary education. The survey itself, comprising in the aggregate more than 4,400 printed pages, is a collection of important research studies relating to organization of…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Physical Education, Articulation (Education), Secondary Education
Greenleaf, Walter J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1928
In accordance with the provisions of the land-grant act of 1862, the Morrill Act of 1890, and the Nelson amendment of 1907, the land-grant colleges and universities of the United States make annual reports to the Secretary of the Interior on the condition and progress of the institutions. Each year the Bureau of Education analyzes these reports.…
Descriptors: Graduates, Comparative Education, National Organizations, College Presidents
Survey of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Bulletin, 1930, No. 9. Volume I. [Preface - Part VI]
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1930
At the request of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, the Office of Education undertook a survey of the 69 land-grant colleges and universities, including 17 institutions for Negroes. For more than a half century, these institutions have grown in importance as vital factors in the agricultural, industrial, and educational…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, Research Methodology, School Statistics
