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  2. History of higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Higher Education Act of 1965 set up federal scholarships and low-interest loans for college students, and subsidized better academic libraries, ten to twenty new graduate centers, several new technical institutes, classrooms for several hundred thousand students, and twenty-five to thirty new community colleges a year. A separate education ...

  3. List of longest-serving higher education presidents in the ...

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    50 years 1693 1743 College of William and Mary: Williamsburg, VA The first and longest serving president of the college. [3] Lionel R. Bordeaux 50 years 1972 2022 Sinte Gleska University: Mission, SD Provided leadership for the first fully accredited reservation-based institution of higher education at the bachelor's degree level.

  4. Higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A US Department of Education longitudinal survey of 15,000 high school students in 2002 and 2012, found that 84% of the 27-year-old students had some college education, but only 34% achieved a bachelor's degree or higher; 79% owe some money for college and 55% owe more than $10,000; college dropouts were three times more likely to be unemployed ...

  5. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Higher Education Act of 1965 set up federal scholarships and low-interest loans for college students, and subsidized better academic libraries, ten to twenty new graduate centers, several new technical institutes, classrooms for several hundred thousand students, and twenty-five to thirty new community colleges a year. A separate education ...

  6. List of United States education acts - Wikipedia

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    Extended the Higher Education Act to June 30, 2008. Pub. L. 110–238 (text) 2008 (No short title) Extended the Higher Education Act to July 31, 2008. Pub. L. 110–256 (text) 2008 (No short title) Extended the Higher Education Act to August 15, 2008. Pub. L. 110–300 (text) 2008 Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2008

  7. Tertiary education - Wikipedia

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    Percentage of 25-29-year-olds who have completed at least four years of tertiary education, by wealth, selected countries, 2008-2014. Globally, the gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education increased from 19% in 2000 to 38% in 2017, with the female enrollment ratio exceeding the male ratio by 4 percentage points.

  8. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Education in the United States of America National education budget (2023-24) Budget $222.1 billion (0.8% of GDP) Per student More than $11,000 (2005) General details Primary languages English System type Federal, state, local, private Literacy (2017 est.) Total 99% Male 99% Female 99% ...

  9. Bibliography of the history of education in the United States

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    Higher Education for African Americans before the Civil Rights Era, 1900-1964 (2012) Giddings, Paula. In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement. Morrow, 1988. 336 pp. Hardin, John A. Fifty Years of Segregation: Black Higher Education in Kentucky, 1904-1954. U. Press of Kentucky, 1997. 182 pp.