When education activists in New York, Chicago, and other urban school districts in the 1980s began the small-schools movement, they envisioned a new kind of public school system that was fair and...

"The next decade promises to be a challenging one for colleges and universities. This book explains why... The essays provide an informative historical guide of the past decade while also looking...

With a Foreword by Ara ParseghianThe debate over big-time college sports, never far from the front pages, has once again moved from simmering to hot. Congress has been investigating the tax-exempt...

This encyclopedia is divided into three sections: individual bilingualism; bilingualism in society and bilingual education. It includes many pictures, graphs, maps and diagrams. The book concludes...

Over the last thirty years, the scope and nature of education in British schools has changed dramatically, and music--once only an extracurricular subject--has come to occupy a key role. Education...

"Not so long ago, conservative intellectuals such as William F. Buckley Jr. believed universities were worth fighting for. Today, conservatives seem more inclined to burn them down. In Let's Be...

A collection of essays covering a broad range of topics, including day care, the roots of homosexuality, generational conflict, and children's concepts of life and death. "Richly suggestive."...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...

What is the purpose of education? In this concise and lucid analysis, Mary Warnock looks critically at the various aspects of education--the system of public examinations, methods of teacher...

xvii + 523 pages including appendix and index, detailed history of the Western Reserve's revisions of its medical curriculum in 1952 and 1968 and the outcomes of the implemented changes

Papers presented at the meetings held in 1981 and 1982 by the Konstanzer Arbeitskreis feur Mittelalterliche Geschichte.

Historique de l'éducation au Nigéria, lois et règlements, développement de l'éducation jusqu'en 1966., Implications pour le Nord du Nigéria (Contrôle et financement de l'éducation, statut des...

A study of the educational experience of Englishmen and Welshmen from the First World War to the 1970s, offering answers to such questions as whether standards have declined, and if there is a class...

A.j. Engel. Revision Of Thesis (ph.d.)--princeton University, 1975. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [295]-296.

The case for race-conscious education policyIn our unequal society, families of color fully share the dream of college but their children often attend schools that do not prepare them, and the higher...