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Direct linkTam, Raymond Kwok-Wai – Gifted Education International, 2017
In the previous literature on gifted education in Hong Kong, there has been little mention of special schools for gifted and/or talented students in Hong Kong except for GT College, Hong Kong's first college for the gifted. Some notable researchers in gifted education in Hong Kong have described the college briefly with regard to its admission…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Special Education, Special Schools
Marthers, Paul P. – American Educational History Journal, 2013
Connecticut College for Women and its Progressive Era sister colleges (Douglass, Simmons, Skidmore, and William Smith) are distinctive for the prominent vocational and service elements each college had in its original mission and curriculum. Historians however have often left Connecticut College for Women out of the story of American women's…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Colleges, Progressive Education, Educational History
Davidovitch, Nitza; Soen, Dan – Higher Education Policy, 2010
The paper deals with the unique relationship evolving between the two major categories of higher learning institutions in Israel: the country's universities and the colleges that were established in their shadow. Following an introduction to the history of higher education in Israel, stressing the initial dominance of the research universities,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Research Universities
Institute of Catholic Education, Ascot Vale, Victoria (Australia). – 1984
A selective history of Mercy Teachers' College (Australia) is divided into six chapters. Following an introduction, the first chapter, "We Shall Find a Place," describes events leading up to the establishment of the college. The second chapter, "And Build," is an account of the major building projects undertaken to provide…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, College Buildings, College Curriculum, College Programs
Download full textFetveit, Anne-Marie, Comp. – 1992
This monograph examines the state of higher education in Norway. Fifteen chapters cover: (1) "The Norwegian Background"; (2) "The Educational System"; (3) "Institutional Units of Higher Education"; (4) "The Financing of Higher Education"; (5) "The Administrative Structure"; (6) "The Teaching…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Curriculum, College Instruction, College Students
Barrows, Leland C. Ed. – 1990
This monograph examines the state of higher education in Turkey. Thirteen chapters cover: (1) "General Information on Turkey"; (2) "The Historical Development of Higher Education"; (3) "Administrative Structure"; (4) "The Teaching Staff"; (5) "Access to Higher Education"; (6) "Content and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Instruction
Harada, Myra – 1994
This paper reviews the history of undergraduate curriculum in the United States from the colonial period to the present, arguing that the drive for utility has been the main force shaping curricular trends. It discusses the purpose of early colonial colleges and their curricula, which emphasized Latin, Greek, Hebrew, ancient history, theology,…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Colleges
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). Education, Science, and Culture Div. – 1978
Information about the colleges and universities of Canada is presented in this twentieth edition of the Directory of Canadian Universities for 1977. The history and development of the Canadian system of higher education is discussed in an introductory article that focuses on changes in the structure, governance, students, curriculum, and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Catalogs, College Curriculum, College Faculty
