Dentistry has evolved from medicine and more especially from the surgical aspect of what is now called medicine. Until the sixteenth century, physic and surgery were separate professions and what we now call dentistry was a part of surgery rather than of physic. For centuries physic was a calling of greater dignity than surgery. Since the major…

This report presents the statistics of 780 universities, colleges, and professional schools for the school year 1921-22. Of this number, 119 institutions are under public control and 661 under private control. One hundred and sixteen are independent professional schools. There are 121 schools of theology, 117 schools of law, 80 schools of…

This report presents the statistics of 670 universities, colleges, and professional schools for the school year 1919-20. Of this number 109 institutions are under public and 561 are under private control. Only 82 institutions reporting were independent professional schools. Altogether there were 104 schools of theology, 107 schools of law, 77…

This bulletin contains the lists of institutions accredited, approved, or classified by national and regional associations concerned with the progress of higher education in general and special fields. Several associations have undertaken the accrediting of colleges, junior colleges, and teacher-training institutions. While the standards which…

The Educational Directory, 1919-20 is divided into seven distinct parts. Part 3, Higher Education: Training of Teachers, covers the following topic areas: (1) Presidents of universities and colleges; (2) Presidents of Junior colleges; (3) Deans or directors of colleges or schools of engineering; (4) Heads of departments of education; (5)…

This 1924 educational directory published by the Bureau of Education covers the following categories: (1) United States Bureau of Education; (2) Principal State school officers; (3) County and other local superintendents of schools; (4) Superintendents of public schools in cities and towns; (5) Public-school business managers; (6) Presidents of…

This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past 16 years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…

This 1921-1922 educational directory published by the Bureau of Education covers the following topic areas: (1) United States Bureau of Education; (2) Principal State school officers; (3) County and other local superintendents of schools; (4) Superintendents of public schools in cities and towns; (5) Presidents of universities and colleges; (6)…

This bulletin focuses on these topics: (1) Higher education; (2) Some recent movements in city school systems; (3) Constructive tendencies in rural education; (4) Medical education; (5) The progress of dental education; (6) Recent progress in legal education; (7) Art education in the United States; (8) Industrial education; (9) Agricultural…