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Cole, Robert W., Jr. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Outlines the history of Phi Delta Kappa in the decade from 1955 to 1965. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Fraternities, History, National Organizations
Peer reviewedPiehler, G. Kurt – History of Education Quarterly, 1988
Discusses the rise of modern universities in the United States in the late nineteenth century, characterized as a period of wrenching change. Examines the founding and growth of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, describing its formal traditions. Emphasizes the importance of ritual and tradition in education and society. (GEA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational History, Fraternities, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMesser-Kruse, Timothy – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1999
Recounts the history of the Ku Klux Klan Honorary Junior Society at the University of Wisconsin from 1919 to 1926. Although not tied to the national Ku Klux Klan, this honorary group became a powerful intrafraternity society that served as a barometer of the cultural and ideological climate of the university. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Environment, Educational History, Fraternities
Peer reviewedMcKenzie, Andre – NASPA Journal, 1990
Examines Black fraternities from historical perspective, focusing on their founding and the impact of social action and community service on their development. Concludes that Black fraternities are at crucial juncture and must adapt to environmental changes to survive. Notes that, historically, these organizations have developed service endeavors…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Fraternities, Higher Education
Smith, David C. – 1979
The focus in this history of the University of Maine's first century is on the problems facing administrators and trustees in keeping the institution alive and growing in an environment both politically and socially hostile to public higher education. The establishment and growth of the early university are described, and special periods in its…
Descriptors: Athletics, College Environment, Educational History, Extracurricular Activities
Download full textWindes, E. E.; Greenleaf, W. J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
This bulletin, a Report of the National Committee on Research in Secondary Education is the first of a cooperative research series sponsored by the National Committee on Research in Secondary Education. This committee represents the important national and regional organizations concerned wholly or in part with secondary education. It includes in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Secondary Education, Comparative Education
Deffenbaugh, W. S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
In the report of the Commissioner of Education for the year 1914 is the statement that so far as the-number of secondary schools is concerned the great majority are undoubtedly continuing traditional activities without consideration of the needs the pupils or the results actually obtained. This same assertion can be made today of many…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends, Public Schools, Private Schools
