Descriptor
Source
| Bureau of Education,… | 1 |
Publication Type
| Historical Materials | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Morrill Act 1862 | 2 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
PDF pending restorationJohnson, Eldon L. – 1980
A review of the evolution and characteristics of the emerging land grant institutions during the period from the passing of the Morrill Act in 1862 until about 1890 refutes some popular misconceptions about these institutions. Land grant institutions added new subjects to the curriculum, provided higher education for the "industrial…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Educational Demand, Educational History, Educational Policy
Download full textLathrop, Edith Anna – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
The first secondary schools in the United States were the Latin grammar schools. These were followed by the academies; and the academies, in turn, gave way to the public high schools. In tracing the development of dormitories in connection with public secondary schools it is necessary to determine where private education left off and public…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Public Education, High Schools, Educational Benefits
