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Charles, Searle F. – 1992
The National Council of State Directors of Community/Junior Colleges (NCSDC/JC) has been an important influence on the development of the public community/junior college movement. Since the first meeting of the state directors in 1961, the Council has been involved in the coordination of community colleges at the state level and in stimulating the…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational History
Download full textOffice of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
This bulletin outlines the programs submitted by 50 States and Territories for the second year of the Library Services Act. These programs reflect the planning and development which has been taking place across the Nation in the extension and improvement of public library service in rural areas. In the first year, fiscal 1957 (July 1, 1956,…
Descriptors: Educational History, Federal Legislation, State Legislation, Program Descriptions
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
Never before has a fully informed citizenry been more important to the present and future well-being of the Nation than it is today. And yet, recent investigations have shown that 27 million of our children and adults live in areas without any public library service, and 53 million more have only inadequate book and information services available…
Descriptors: Educational History, Budgets, Bibliographies, Educational Facilities
Frazier, Benjamin W. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
The standards set in teacher-certification requirements, and the effectiveness of the administration of certification, have been intimately related to the advancement of public education. The major portions of previous reports from the Office of Education were devoted to the presentation of the detailed requirements for obtaining the different…
Descriptors: Educational History, Teacher Certification, Public Education, State Programs
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
A 1956 Office of Education study showed that 26 million rural residents were without any public library service and that more than 300 rural counties had no public library within their borders. An additional 50 million rural residents had only inadequate service. Congress passed the Library Services Act in 1956 to stimulate the further development…
Descriptors: Educational History, Operating Expenses, Statistical Data, Counties
Studebaker, J. W.; Williams, Chester S. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1939
Plans and programs come in response to need. Citizens of our democracy have need of greater opportunities for truth-seeking under competent guidance. The people are hungry for increased understanding of the problems which beset them and their communities. They have a right to expect their institutions of education to give them help in their study…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
