The first round of attempts to extend the access of working people to higher education began in 1873 with an imitation of the University of London on the prairies of Illinois. For all practical purposes, it ended in the legislature of the State of New York in 1892, although it took more than a decade to formally close all of the external degree…

This is the first prospectus of the Open University which will begin operating in January 1971. University governance, policy, and philosophy are discussed in the introduction. The remainder of the prospectus is devoted to: (1) degrees and diplomas offered by the University; (2) the undergraduate program; (3) a syllabus of foundation courses; (4)…

Volume 1 begins with an introduction by the Commissioner of Education, followed by statistics of state school systems. Other chapters include: (1) general laws relating to agricultural and mechanical land-grant colleges; (2) Benjamin Franklin's influence on American education, written by Francis Newton Thorpe; (3) the college-bred negro; (4)…