A choral group popular as an extracurricular activity at colleges and some secondary schools. Although some glee clubs occasionally include sacred music in their repertoires,

Liberal, evangelical American clergyman who attempted to reconcile biblical teaching with “modernism,” namely...

One of many organizations founded at the beginning of the 20th century as educative institutions for the benefit of adolescents when schools were closed.

American educator who, as first president of Johns Hopkins University, introduced the concepts of separate, freestanding GRADUATE SCHOOLS and research-oriented universities.

American author, sociologist and feminist who developed the concept of gender equality as a valid sociological phenomenon.

A quality of above-average intelligence, aptitude, cognitive ability, creativity, social skills or talent, usually identified either by direct observation or standardized testing.

The popular name for the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act, a law passed in 1944 that marked the beginning of the popularization of higher education and its transformation from a privilege for the wealthy elite to a basic right of all Americans, regardless of economic class.

A widely used method of determining whether to admit children to kindergarten or allow them to spend another year in preschool.

Wisconsin-born physician and psychologist, whose pioneer research in child behavior and development produced...

American citizens of German birth or ancestry.

One of the original 13 states and the fourth to join the Union, in 1788. Georgia planned to build state-supported schools in each county when it drafted its first constitution in 1777,

A succession of four laws, enacted, respectively, in 1929, 1934, 1936 and 1946,

A mathematical system for measuring lengths and areas of two-dimensional figures and the linear dimensions, surface area and volume of solids.

The study of the history, shape and physical and chemical makeup of planets, but especially of the Earth.

The science that delineates and describes the physical and cultural characteristics of the world. Taught for centuries as a separate subject in elementary and secondary schools,

A vague and often misused “catchall” term referring to any person of exceptional talent or intellectual ability.

The first degreegranting corporation-owned college. Founded in 1919 as a training school for apprentices and other new employees,

A once-common junior high school course that prepared students

Perennially one of America’s and the world’s largest private corporations and a pioneer in vocational education and the development of CORPORATION COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.

A philanthropic organization for education, founded and funded by John D. Rockefeller in 1902.

A group of standardized examinations that anyone of any age may take to obtain a high school diploma, without attending formal classes.

Usually a reference to a peculiarly American, public high school, curricular program or “track,” offering a variety of “self-improvement” courses and rudimentary courses in English, mathematics, science and social studies.

An experimental two-year program started in 1932 that proved to be the precursor of the modern community college.

A group of 12 tests developed by the U.S.