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Higher Education Deals in Democracy: The Truman Commission Report as a Political Document
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Ris, Ethan W. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2022
How can the Truman Commission report be read 75 years after its release? Why should anybody care about it? What is this thing, anyway? The most compelling way to read "Higher Education for American Democracy" is as a visionary and progressive statement of the public purposes of American higher education. In so many ways, the report reads…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Democracy, Reports, Educational History
"Laboratories of Inter-Race and Interfaith Fellowship": "Higher Education for American Democracy's" Vision for a More Democratic Academy and Country
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Shermer, Elizabeth Tandy – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2022
There was a lot of talk about both the fate of American democracy and American higher education in 2021, but not much consideration about how the two were deeply intertwined. The 1947 report "Higher Education for American Democracy" showed awareness of how race, sex, class, and religious discrimination thwarted the talents and ambitions…
Descriptors: Democracy, Higher Education, Educational History, Veterans
Higher Education Report to NUEA
O'Hara, James G. – NUEA Spectator, 1975
The report of the chairman of the U. S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Higher Education discusses the financial problems of higher education and the striking growth of the part-time student population in comparison to the reduction of the full-time student body. (JB)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Enrollment, Federal Legislation, Financial Problems
A Study of Library Cooperatives, Networks and Demonstration Projects. Final Report. Volume I: Findings and Recommendations.
Patrick, Ruth; And Others – 1978
This study evaluates the impact and effectiveness of the Library Research and Demonstration Program of the Higher Education Act (HEA II-B), and Title III, Interlibrary Cooperation, of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA III), USOE administered grant programs to aid in developing and improving library and information services. It…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Legislation, Libraries, Library Cooperation
A Study of Library Cooperatives, Networks and Demonstration Projects. Final Report. Volume II: Case Study Reports: Twelve Projects Supported by the HEA II-B Library Research and Demonstration Program and LSCA III Multitype Library Cooperation and Networking in Ten States.
Casey, Joseph; And Others – 1978
Case studies describing programs funded under the Library Research and Demonstration Component (II-B) of the Higher Education Act (HEA), and Title III of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) are included. The awarding of grants, and contracts to support research and demonstrations for improving library and information sciences,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Libraries