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Gale, Peter – 1998
This paper examines the discourse on Aboriginal higher education in Australia from the 1960s through the 1990s through an analysis of educational reports and government policy documents on tertiary education. Early in this period, the focus was on education as "welfare," but the emphasis shifted towards equity in higher education policy during the…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Access to Education, Acculturation, Educational History
Wright, Grace S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1955
This bulletin is one in a series of publications already issued or now projected by the Office of Education as part of a major study of the junior high school, its status, problems encountered, and promising practices found among some of the more than 3,000 junior high schools. The general idea for this report came from the thinking and planning…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Junior High Schools, State Policy, State Regulation
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Werum, Regina – Social Forces, 2002
A study examined whether federal New Deal policy goals matched local policy outcomes in Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina. Data from 337 counties indicate that policy outcomes matched goals in that women's access to vocational training remained narrowly constrained. Additional funds mostly benefitted men's programs. Contrary to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Education Work Relationship, Equal Education, Federal Programs