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College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2011
The CollegeKeys Compact[TM] is a national call to action to school districts, colleges and universities, state education agencies, and nonprofit organizations to identify, share and expand programs and practices that address the needs and challenges of low-income students and help them get ready for, get into and get through college. The College…
Descriptors: Awards, Educational Opportunities, Best Practices, Educational Practices
St. John, Brian Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In order to learn to be an orchestra conductor in the United States of America, students often begins their formal education by seeking to earn a master's degree in orchestral conducting. This project compiled a listing of American universities which offer a master's degree in orchestral conducting and categorized the component parts of their…
Descriptors: Music, Music Activities, Universities, Musicians
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Kain, Edward L. – Teaching Sociology, 2007
In this article I examine how the sociology major is structured at institutions of higher education in the United States. I use content analysis of college catalogs from 100 institutions to examine the sociology major at top institutions among regional and national universities and liberal arts colleges. I first examine the basic structure of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Sociology, Content Analysis, Liberal Arts
Jarvis, Chester D. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
This pamphlet has been prepared for the special use of persons charged with the administration of agricultural colleges. Inasmuch as it shows in tabulated form the practice of the various colleges concerning the distribution of required subjects, committees on "courses of study" should find it useful in planning curricula. Principals of…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Agricultural Colleges, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Proffitt, Maris M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1928
The information in this bulletin was compiled from recent catalogues where available, and from a questionnaire issued by the Bureau of Education. Some schools that should have been included have been omitted by reason of lack of direct information. The list is in the nature of a directory and carries no endorsement of any school by the Bureau of…
Descriptors: Trade and Industrial Education, Directories, School Catalogs, Correspondence Schools