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Esta Tese teve como objetivo principal compreender em que medida um Centro de Memória escolar, a partir da reconstrução histórica da instituição, sua reescrita, da identificação, arranjo e inventário das fontes históricas localizadas nos arquivos da escola - assim como o registr…

This dissertation charts three strategies undertaken by American Orthodox Jews to fashion a Judaism for the newly college educated Jewish masses in the decades following the Holocaust. By examining the ways in which modern Orthodox, Chabad Hassidim, and Haredi Jews turned to the…

That rural spaces have both challenges to confront and strengths with which to confront them is well trod territory. Within this larger narrative I set out to analyze the story of a single place along an arc of old transnational highway that lost its high school to consolidation…

This historical study examines the contributions and roles of Emma Hart Willard in the nineteenth century. Although she is most recognized for her involvement in creating secondary educational institutions for women, she was also central in other capacities. Specifically, this s…

Why did teachers’ long campaign to fund schools with progressive income taxes on the rich fall short? Labor-liberals hoped to equalize opportunity for students by shifting school taxes from local communities like Detroit and Los Angeles to the states. Businessmen and conservativ…

O presente trabalho aborda a tradição oral como processo educativo na Fundação Casa Grande _ Memorial do Homem Kariri, organização não governamental - ONG, situada no interior do estado do Ceará no Brasil e que trabalha a educação, arte, cultura e comunicação. A Fundação tem por…

This study explores the educational experiences and needs of college students experiencing homelessness from the St. Louis metropolitan area. Research has shown that youth experiencing homelessness have difficulties entering college, remaining in college, and graduating from col…

This study explores the changing mission statements of the University of Toledo and how those changes impacted the social contract between the University and city of Toledo. Specially, the study engages in historical and documental analysis and investigates three major moments i…

This study examines how Chief Student Affairs Officers (CSAO) make sense of their role engaging with fundraising at small, private, liberal arts institutions with endowments below the median endowment size of 140.2 million. Specifically examining how they make sense of engaging …

This dissertation tells the story of the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) from 1965, when they first launched their collective bargaining campaign, until 2008, three years after the storm. I argue that UTNO was initially successful by drawing on the legacy and tactics of th…

This dissertation used a historical research method to examine the rise of the centuries-long complex construct of intellectual property ownership through the lenses of American institutions of higher learning and the American legal system, the latter of which attributing its in…

This dissertation systematically explores the origins and evolution of the charter school movement in the United States from 1985 to 2015. I begin by analyzing the role of governors in K-12 education policymaking and find that while governors have generally placed greater emphas…

This dissertation is about the national and international politics of education policy supported Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education (SEP) during the Cold War. Education was an avenue through which the country capitalized on its revolution and presented itself as a regional le…

This study investigates the bully and the bullied from 1950 to 2010. It begins by presenting a historical background of each decade with the major historical events that defined our culture. Each decade can be characterized by a particular zeitgeist, or spirit of the times. Duri…

This dissertation examines the rise of consumerism, and in particular, the development of the Egyptian woman as a housewife and consumer from 1863 to 1922. My focus is on middle to upper class urban women, mainly in Cairo and Alexandria. I examine the ways in which both the educ…

This study traces the significant forces and philosophies shaping the post-revolutionary educational system of Iran--particularly the religion of Islam and the modernism of the West. The post-revolutionary leadership's attitudes toward education are rooted not only in historic I…

This study deals with the historical perspective and factors contributed towards the development of full-time Islamic schools in the United States. It will investigate the direction Muslim schools have taken, the stated goals and objectives that emerge from their mission, and th…

This dissertation examines a vital catalyst in the globalization of education: international assessments—that involve testing and rankings—of student achievement in academic subjects. Nearly all high-income countries participate in international assessments such as Trends in Int…

Using sources from the Public Record Office, St. Anthony's College, the Egyptian Ministry of Education Library and Museum, the Egyptian Archives (Zaghlul's memoirs), and the Arabic press, this thesis analyzes British educational policy relative to British political, economic, so…