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Urofsky, Melvin I.; Cox, Nancy – 1988
Students should achieve a higher level of understanding and appreciation of the evolving nature of the U.S. Constitution and its relevance to contemporary societal issues by studying historical documents from the period of time between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. This document begins with a history of that period and of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, High Schools, Learning Modules
Lane, C. H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
This bulletin discusses the status of agricultural education from 1916-1918. Contents include: (1) Agriculture in secondary schools; (2) The elementary schools; (3) Agricultural education at meetings; (4) Agricultural education in other countries; (5) Educational work of the Department of Agriculture; (6) The agricultural colleges; (7)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Agricultural Colleges, Minicourses
Stamper, Anne – 1998
This book traces the Women's Institute (WI's) movement and its contribution to the lifelong learning of rural women for 100 years and how it led to the opening of Denman College in 1948. Part 1 describes the following: WI's start in Canada; its move to England and Wales; the women who molded and guided the WI after the First World War; education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Foreign Countries, General Education
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
Greenleaf, Walter J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
There are 69 land-grant colleges at present: one in each State (except Massachusetts, where there are 2); 1 each in Porto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska; and 17, exclusively for colored students, in as many Southern States. In all courses in the land-grant colleges for the year 1924-25 there has been a total increase of 25,797 students over the previous…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Land Grant Universities, Educational Facilities, Grants
Walton, C. John, Ed. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1925
This bulletin represents the third of a 5-part survey of land-grant college education. Other parts are: (1) History and Educational Objectives of Land-Grant College Education; (2) The Liberal Arts and Sciences and Miscellaneous Subjects in Land-Grant Colleges; (4) Engineering and Mechanic Arts in Land-Grant Colleges; and (5) Home Economics in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, Forestry
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1916
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 seven 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: Educational History, State Colleges, State Universities, College Presidents
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, is the eighth now published by the Bureau of Education. 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 reports. Included…
Descriptors: Educational History, State Colleges, State Universities, Statistical Surveys
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1928
This report contains statistics of 975 universities, colleges, junior colleges, and professional schools for the year 1925-26. The principal items included are institutions; faculty, students; degrees; property; receipts; and some comparisons with previous reports. Some highlights include the increase over 1924 of 33 junior colleges, and 11…
Descriptors: Educational History, Higher Education, Professional Education, Two Year Colleges
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
This report presents the statistics of 672 universities, colleges, and professional schools for the school year 1917-18. Of this number, 118 institutions were independent professional schools, including 78 schools of theology, 12 schools of law, 9 schools of medicine, 4 schools of veterinary medicine, 8 schools of dentistry, and 7 schools of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Higher Education, Professional Education, Two Year Colleges
Klein, Arthur J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
For the purpose of this bulletin, extension classes are defined as classes organized to meet the needs of persons who are not resident students of an educational institution. Four kinds of extension classes may be distinguished--ordinary classes, short-course classes, lecture classes, and group or club study classes. This grouping is somewhat…
Descriptors: Educational History, Extension Education, College Instruction, Courses
John, Walton C. Ed. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1925
At the beginning of the decennium 1910-1920 specialized courses in home economics were maintained in the land-grant institutions in the New England states, except Massachusetts, and Connecticut; in New York, at Cornell University; in Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania State College, and all of the states north of the Ohio River and west of the Allegheny…
Descriptors: Females, College Graduates, Child Welfare, Land Grant Universities
Shelby, Thomas H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
This report concerns itself with the growth and progress of "general" university extension for the biennial period 1922-1924. By general university extension is meant extension activities of universities and colleges in the fields not covered by agricultural and home economics extension under the Federal subsidy acts through the Federal land-grant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Land Grant Universities, Federal Legislation
Bittner, W. S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
Of the liberal movements dominating the thought of the world today, the greatest of all is the sweep of education. No phrase or dissertation can compass the entire scope or catch all the essential elements of the newer education that is shaping itself. But everywhere one direction is apparent: The trend of education is toward the people in mass…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Extension Education, Agricultural Colleges
Foster, Emery M.; Badger, Henry G.; Carr, Margaret J. S.; Choate, Blanche K.; Farr, Maude; Smith, Rose M.; Kelly, Frederick J.; Greenleaf, Walter J. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
The publication each 2 years by the Office of Education of a statistical report dealing with the institutions of higher education leads an occasional reader to a misconception of the Federal Government's relation to higher education. There is no national system of higher education in this country. Except for the 69 land-grant colleges and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Statistical Surveys, National Surveys, School Statistics
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