Survey of the Schools of Brunswick and of Glynn County, Georgia (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...and universities to continue in such a condition is regarded as most undesirable. It will undoubtedly react greatly to the detriment of higher education. HKiHKR EDUCATION FACING A CRISIS. The session on Thursday afternoon was opened by an address from Dr. M. L. Burton, president elect of the University of Michigan. In his address Dr. Burton pointed out that, notwithstanding the enormous sums of money which State legislatures have in recent years provided for higher education, and in spite of the astonishing sums which have been given to private colleges and universities, the institutions of higher learning now find themselves confronted by the very greatest financial emergency. Furthermore, during recent years, State institutions in particular have been increasing in student attendance at a very rapid rate. The University of AVisconsin, for instance, has doubled its enrollment each decade during the last four decades. On account of the enormous number of students and the inadequate financial support, the morale of college and university faculties is at a lower ebb than it has been for many years. The campaigns for additional funds have inevitably resulted in a loss of self-respect by members of faculties who have spent years in attempting to secure an adequate preparation for what they believed would be a dignified calling. As a result of the war, these men and women have often found their services in great demand in business and industry, and tliey are beginning to leave the institutions of higher learning at an alarming rate, at a time when the supply of recruits from the graduate schools is dwindling in number and diminishing in character. This alarming situation in institutions of higher learning is of special consequence in a...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...and universities to continue in such a condition is regarded as most undesirable. It will undoubtedly react greatly to the detriment of higher education. HKiHKR EDUCATION FACING A CRISIS. The session on Thursday afternoon was opened by an address from Dr. M. L. Burton, president elect of the University of Michigan. In his address Dr. Burton pointed out that, notwithstanding the enormous sums of money which State legislatures have in recent years provided for higher education, and in spite of the astonishing sums which have been given to private colleges and universities, the institutions of higher learning now find themselves confronted by the very greatest financial emergency. Furthermore, during recent years, State institutions in particular have been increasing in student attendance at a very rapid rate. The University of AVisconsin, for instance, has doubled its enrollment each decade during the last four decades. On account of the enormous number of students and the inadequate financial support, the morale of college and university faculties is at a lower ebb than it has been for many years. The campaigns for additional funds have inevitably resulted in a loss of self-respect by members of faculties who have spent years in attempting to secure an adequate preparation for what they believed would be a dignified calling. As a result of the war, these men and women have often found their services in great demand in business and industry, and tliey are beginning to leave the institutions of higher learning at an alarming rate, at a time when the supply of recruits from the graduate schools is dwindling in number and diminishing in character. This alarming situation in institutions of higher learning is of special consequence in a...

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Theclassics.Us

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United States

Release date

September 2013

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First published

September 2013

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 20mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

390

ISBN-13

978-1-230-74032-4

Barcode

9781230740324

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1-230-74032-5



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