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Download full textCapen, Samuel P.; John, Walton C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The year 1916-17 undoubtedly marks the close of an important epoch in the history of higher education in the United States. It is impossible to foretell as yet what changes will be wrought in the purposes, methods, and control of higher institutions by the war. But the events mentioned in the closing sections in this review have interrupted the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Freedom of Speech, Engineering Education
Doherty, Margaret, Comp.; MacLatchy, Josephine, Comp. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
The bibliography presented in this bulletin purports to cover the printed material issued in this country concerning intelligence and educational tests during the period from January 1, 1918 to June 30, 1922. It has been the purpose of the compilers to make the bibliography as useful to students and to practical school people as possible. To that…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Psychological Testing, Educational Testing, Intelligence Tests
Fox, Florence C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
The reorganization of the curriculum and the necessary assembling of proper materials of instruction attendant thereto are probably receiving more of the attention of educational leaders at the present moment than any other school problem. The Bureau of Education is endeavoring to be of assistance to those attempting a solution of this important…
Descriptors: Educational History, Instructional Materials, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Curriculum
Swift, Fletcher Harper – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
Every great war in which the United States has played a part has been followed by educational developments of supreme national importance. As the result of the Revolutionary War the Federal Government acquired a vast public land domain from which it has carved generous grants to the States. Those became the foundation of systems of free public…
Descriptors: Educational History, Government Role, Role of Education, Educational Trends
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1882
The Commissioner of Education reports on the work of the office and its publications over the year. Statistical summaries and discussion are presented on enrollment; attendance; teacher workforce and pay; school finance; state and territorial education; kindergarten; city education; education of the colored race; institutions for the superior…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, School Statistics, Publications, Enrollment
