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Download full textSwigget, Glen Levin – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
The National Conference on Secretarial Training, called by the United States Bureau of Education in cooperation with Boston University, was held at the College of Secretarial Science Saturday, October 27, 1923. The conference was attended by 120 delegates, representing Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Rhode…
Descriptors: Office Occupations, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Public Schools
Thompson, Frank V. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The influence of industrial vocational education is having its effect upon practices and methods of commercial education. The practice of industrial education of analyzing a curriculum of subjects containing values of vocational work, related vocational, and non-vocational subjects is causing the examination of commercial education with a view to…
Descriptors: Business Education, Secondary Education, School Surveys, Industrial Education
Bonner, H. R. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
This report presents the statistics of 902 private, commercial and business schools reporting in 1920. Only 12 more schools reported in 1920 than in 1918. In addition to these, there were 380 other schools of this character which did not submit a report. Of the 902 schools reporting, 841 were nondenominational commercial schools and 61 were…
Descriptors: Salesmanship, Average Daily Attendance, Parochial Schools, Educational Environment
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
Sixteen years have elapsed since a committee of the business education department of the National Education Association submitted a report on the commercial curriculum with somewhat detailed treatment of the various subjects of study. Four years ago another committee of the same department made a less complete report. Subsequent changes in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Secondary Education, Educational Change
Malott, J. O. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1928
There is a growing consciousness of the importance of definite preparation for business occupations. People are realizing more than ever that better preparation for these occupations usually results in greater vocational efficiency and contributes to vocational and social happiness. Business men have recently taken a greater interest in commercial…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Administration Education, Business, Curriculum Development
Swiggett, Glen Levin – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
The period of participation of the United States in the recent war witnessed a revival of interest in training for business with a consequent experimentation in all types and grades of schools, as well as through nonschool agencies, governmental and otherwise. A survey of this field for the two years ending June 30, 1920, reveals an interest even…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Business Education, Business Administration Education
Malott, J. O. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1929
The extremely rapid development of new and diverse industries, the equally rapid modification of older industries and business practices, the reshaping of domestic and foreign business relationships, and recent economic changes indicate emphatically the growing responsibility of education for economic and business leadership. A continuing, capable…
Descriptors: Business Education, Educational Change, Labor Market, Job Skills
