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Morris, Marilyn L.; Dye, Charles M. – 1985
The history of the Chapman College Residence Education Center (REC) System is traced from 1958 to 1982. After experimenting near its home campus in Orange, California, the program has grown to 41 centers in California and eight other states, including the Navy's shipboard PACE program. In 1958 the college met the request of students at nearby El…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, College Programs, Educational History, Educational Quality
Armsby, Henry H. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1946
More than 1.5 million men and women received special training during the period from October 9, 1940 to June 30, 1945 in short, intensive college-level courses designed to prepare for technical and scientific work in war industries. These courses were conducted by colleges and universities under the sponsorship of the U. S. Office of Education.…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Engineering Education, Institutional Autonomy, Engineering
Dunham, Franklin; Lowdermilk, Ronald R.; Broderick, Gertrude G. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
Educational television has made great strides in the five years which have elapsed since the Federal Communications Commission set aside television channels for the exclusive use of education. Such stations are located in 29 communities of the United States, representing large cities, university centers and, in several instances, serving entire…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Television, Adult Education, Higher Education