The state of American literacy
By: Victoria College Social Sciences Symposium.
Contributors: Victoria College (Tex.)
Publisher: Victoria College Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Victoria, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
Notes: Papers delivered Feb. 2-4, 1989 at a symposium sponsored by Victoria College.
Table of contents: title: [1] The future of American education / E. Boyer; title: [2] The state of adult literacy in the United States: fact, fiction, and implications for the future of our democracy / D. Seaman; title: [3] The literacy of the states : the schooling of America, 1860-1960 / J. K. Campbell; title: [4] The English department as literary crisis : or, the hypocrisy of educational reform / J. Sledd; title: [5] The economics of literacy / F. B. Burdine; title: [6] Illiteracy in Texas : costs and prospects / J. Lack; title: [7] Education for self-responsibility: prevention of school-age pregnancy / C. Klein; title: [8] Remarks on testing / K. Ashworth.