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Peer reviewedSerow, Robert C. – Issues in Education, 1986
The credentialist thesis is applied to high school graduation requirements by tracing their transformation according to societal demand. Because of demands for further education and academic excellence, secondary education presently occupies a modest position in American status aspirations and has encumbered its curricula with unrestricted…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational History, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
