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ERIC Number: EJ292564
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Workers' Education: A Confrontation at Ruskin College.
Quinney, Valerie
American Journal of Education, v92 n1 p52-78 Nov 1983
In the context of contemporary questions about higher education and the working class, describes the background and the particulars of a debate at Ruskin College, Oxford University (1908) among worker-students, the university chancellor, and representatives of the Workers Educational Association. Offers a comparative analysis of the three positions. (CMG)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Class, Social Differences, Upper Class, Values, Working Class
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England