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Wisconsin Univ., Madison. – 1985
College summer sessions, and specifically the summer program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison between 1885-1985 are discussed in two papers and a conference summary. In "History of Summer School at the University of Wisconsin," John W. Jenkins and Barry J. Teicher examine the emergence and nature of summer programs in the context of the…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Deans, Departments, Educational History
Meiklejohn, Alexander; Powell, John Walker, Ed. – 1981
In the early twentieth century, Alexander Meiklejohn believed the undergraduate college must teach students how to think. He aspired to make students into thinking, caring, active citizens with the intellectual skills to participate in a democratic society. In 1927, with the founding of the Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin, he…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Critical Thinking, Educational History, Experimental Colleges
Download full textUnited States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1911
This bulletin reports statistics of state universities and other institutions of higher education partially supported by the State. The topics covered in this report include: (1) Changes in courses and methods of instruction; (2) Gifts, buildings, and improvements; (3) The teaching force in State universities and other State-aided institutions of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment, Teaching Methods, Statistical Data
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1912
This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past three years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Statistical Data, Enrollment Trends
McNeely, John H. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
This bulletin is one of a series reporting the findings of investigations undertaken during 1936-37 under the Project in Research in Universities of the Office of Education. The project was financed under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, and conducted in accordance with administrative regulations of the Works Progress…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Scientific Research, Dormitories, Educational History
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past five years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Teaching Methods, Statistical Data
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past four years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Enrollment Trends, State Universities
