HST U239 - History of American Education in World Perspective

Institution:

Northeastern University

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Description:

Examines, in a comparative context, the expansion of public education from the passage of compulsory schooling laws to the establishment of the multiuniversity, the impacts of desegregation, the revival of home schooling, and the problems facing American education today. Gives attention to views that common schooling and land-grant colleges were part of the larger movement to extend democracy. Examines challenges to these propositions.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.northeastern.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 373-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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