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Higher Education For American Democracy, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Higher Education For American Democracy, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
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On July 13, 1946, President Truman appointed a number of outstanding American civic and educational leaders to a Presidential Commission on Higher Education, charging them to examine the functions of higher education in the United States of America and the best means to perform these, On December 11th 1947 the chairman of the Commission (George F. Zook) submitted the first volume of the report of the Commission to the President.
The six volumes of the report are all titled "Higher Education for American Democracy" and are, in order: Vol. 1, Establishing the Goals, 2. Equalizing and Expanding Individual Opportunity. 3. …