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ERIC Number: EJ448046
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
The American People's College: The Lost Promise of Democracy in Education.
Herbst, Jurgen
American Journal of Education, v100 n3 p275-97 May 1992
Describes the "people's college" as the distinctive nineteenth-century educational institution of the United States. These tax-supported public secondary schools prepared graduates for business and industry but lost their position as the defining secondary institution when challenged to prepare students for college as well as employment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Preparation, Democracy, Educational Change, Educational History, Job Training, Public Schools, School Role, Secondary Education, Tax Allocation, United States History, Urban Schools, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Committee of Ten; Nineteenth Century History; Peoples Universities