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ERIC Number: EJ477063
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-3829
The Federal Board for Vocational Education: Its Composition, Controversies, and Contributions.
Hillison, John; Moore, Gary
Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, v10 n1 p21-29 Fall 1993
This history of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, established in 1917, reviews controversies over its constitutionality and control of education; criticism of its director, Charles Prosser; its contributions to vocational education; and reasons it was abolished in 1946. (SK)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational History, Federal Programs, Politics of Education, Public Agencies, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Federal Board for Vocational Education; Prosser (Charles); Smith Hughes Act