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WorkAmerica, 2002
In a world of constantly changing demands for knowledge and technical skills for the work world, higher education has been slow to change to meet these demands. The numbers of American students receiving bachelor's degrees in engineering, mathematics, and computer science fell significantly between 1987 and 1998, while the demand rose. In…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Role, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Download full textBureau 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
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
