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Download full textHunt, James B., Jr. – 1998
This speech discusses the importance of higher education, the challenges facing higher education in America today, and the role of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education in helping to make higher education more accessible and affordable. It further discusses initiatives in North Carolina to improve elementary, secondary, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedKerr, Clark – Educational Record, 1994
The three great federal policy initiatives concerning higher education, the land-grant movement of the 1860s, the World War II-era decision to rely on universities for basic and applied research, and the GI Bill of 1944, have affected development of the American system of higher education more than any others. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational History
