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... assistance for ex - service men ; scholarship awards ; vocational guidance - Americanization work - Conclusion . The Young Men's Christian Association was one of the pioneers in the development of evening education for employed men and ...
... assistance for ex - service men ; scholarship awards ; vocational guidance - Americanization work - Conclusion . The Young Men's Christian Association was one of the pioneers in the development of evening education for employed men and ...
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... ex - service men were offered financial assistance in the realization of their educational plans . Taking advantage of this op- portunity , the board of governors started the development of cor- respondence courses in November . A staff ...
... ex - service men were offered financial assistance in the realization of their educational plans . Taking advantage of this op- portunity , the board of governors started the development of cor- respondence courses in November . A staff ...
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William Frederick Hirsch. • Schools , and the enrollment of students other than ex - service ... support- ing , but nonprofit making . Second . In its resident educational ... help they need in the solution of personal problems , especially ...
William Frederick Hirsch. • Schools , and the enrollment of students other than ex - service ... support- ing , but nonprofit making . Second . In its resident educational ... help they need in the solution of personal problems , especially ...
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... assistance for ex - service men in their educational and vocational plans . Such help was most timely . Thousands of young men , receiving their discharge from military and naval service , found themselves facing the changed economic ...
... assistance for ex - service men in their educational and vocational plans . Such help was most timely . Thousands of young men , receiving their discharge from military and naval service , found themselves facing the changed economic ...
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... ex- service men in their choice of vocation was provided . Local asso- ciations were reimbursed for such service and for assistance ren- dered to ex - service men in finding permanent positions of employ- ment . During the period to ...
... ex- service men in their choice of vocation was provided . Local asso- ciations were reimbursed for such service and for assistance ren- dered to ex - service men in finding permanent positions of employ- ment . During the period to ...
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Page 3 - ... number a board of governors of 15 men as a responsible executive body for carrying out the policies and purposes of the council. Under this board of governors the executive staff has been built up at the New York headquarters, and working in cooperation with the representatives of the local associations has developed and put into practice the program of standardization of courses, the creation of promotion and text material, and has carried on a large amount of visitation work in assisting local...
Page 1 - Technology ; the 20 largest schools — Correspondence instruction — Educational assistance for ex-service men; scholarship awards ; vocational guidance — Americanization work — Conclusion. The Young Men's Christian Association was one of the pioneers in the development of evening education for employed men and boys. The beginnings of this work go back more than half a century, the first work of this kind being reported in 1866, when 4 associations had 60 students in evening class work. The...
Page 24 - CA, and in the YMCA and other correspondence schools. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE. A valuable service set up under the committee's plan was that of vocational guidance and employment. Through this service many men were enabled to resume interrupted courses of study sooner than if dependent on their own resources; others were able to adjust themselves to economic conditions ; and many found it possible to realize those higher ideals of life careers which grew out of their war experience. Instruction for local...
Page 18 - ... and home study instruction and is drawing to itself a very earnest and capable body of young men. The staff of the university has grown from one full-time official and 10 part-time assistants to over 300 persons, a large percentage of whom are on full time, and the budget has increased from $2,800 in 1896 to $700,000 in 1922. DETROIT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND COLLEGE OF LAW. In 1891 the Detroit YMCA began its educational work as an evening school under the name "Association Institute." The...
Page 12 - An examination prepared by the local instructor and approved by the central office ; (o) Successfully completing the problem and project work involved in the course ; such work being accepted in lieu of (a) or (6). These standard national credit certificates will be accepted for credit by any of the schools in the system in cases where students are obliged to transfer from one city to another. They will also be accepted as credits toward collegiate degrees which are now offered by 22 leading association...
Page 22 - Architecture 26 Civil engineering 25 Mechanical 35 Power 11 Automobile 5 Courses. Electrical 19 Agriculture 11 Rural engineering 9 Pure and applied mathematics 25 General education .'. 56 Modern languages (phonographic method)) 30 Leadership training, 8 Total, omitting duplicates— 306 Those who are familiar with this recent development in educational work are well aware that correspondence instruction has quite passed the experimental stage, and that it is filling a fundamental need. As the years...
Page 6 - A, school shall be measured by its production of character and ability, as well as by statistical and financial results. (3) In accordance with this purpose, all the enterprises of the educational department should conform with the highest ethical standards and be permeated with and dominated by a spirit of unselfish service to the students and to the community.
Page 23 - Kurul engineering 9 Pure and applied mathematics 25 General education 56 Modern languages (phonographic method)) 30 Leadership training 8 Total, omitting duplicates.- 306 Those who are familiar with this recent development in educational work are well aware that correspondence instruction has quite passed the experimental stage, and that it is filling a fundamental need. As the years pass by, it will become of increasing importance in providing suitable educational opportunities for millions of adult...
Page 11 - In BOOK IV taught in the lesson with which the problem is connected, but it is also expected that the problem will be used to motivate the study of the text and direct the effort of the student in securing a desirable solution. The project problem usually possesses the following : (a) It sets forth a typical situation which the student is likely to meet in his daily work.
Page 20 - The school is recognized by existing educational agencies to a large degree. The school of law, in 1920, was authorized by the department of education and the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio to grant the degree of bachelor of law to successful candidates. In the entire 12 years of the history of the school of law not a single graduate has failed to pass the State bar examination. THE 26 LARGEST SCHOOLS. The list below gives the 26 schools which in the school year 1921-22 have an enrollment of...