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ERIC Number: EJ279549
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Crescive Federal Education Policy: Questions for a New Story.
Warren, Donald; Slater, Robert
Issues in Education: A Forum of Research and Opinion, v1 n1 p57-69 Spr 1983
Reviews the history of federal involvement in education before 1870, using recent research and methodology and a model of "crescive" (growing by increments) versus "enacted" (rationally created) institutions. Notes federal decisions regarding financial aid, land grants, military training, American Indian education, federal education agencies, and education of freed slaves. (RW)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Government Role, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutions, Models, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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