| Show A COLLEGE EDUCATION there were students in colleges universities and technical schools i in n 1914 according acco iding to the annual report of the commissioner of education just issued this is an increase of over 1913 the bureaus list for 1914 includes institutions a decrease of 29 over the preceding year states or municipalities control 93 of the colleges private corporations control men still outnumber women in higher education there were men in 1914 ard women as compared with men and women in 1913 despite rising standards ads of admission and graduation college enrollment has more than tripled since 1890 receipts during the year totaled of which was for endowment benefactions Bene factions to colleges and universities versi ties totaled something over more than in the year previous six institutions received bens fac eions in excess of a million dollars api apiece ace and 45 universities col leges slid technological cal schools reported gifts amounting to more j tl tsan an in the past seven saven years the largest increase in in in income has come through 11 state slate and municipal appropriations and the C smallest from tuition and other fees state ard and municipal appropriations grew from 9 in 1008 to in j 1914 while fees for tuition and other educational services increased from to the dominant note of the year in higher education according to the report was concentration both in internal organization find and in relation to state aufai authority ity the movement in the authoritative classification gained momentum during the year chiefly through the activities of sever several al voluntary associations association gt the junior college movement has reached the point where several states notably wisconsin missouri virginia and idaho have gone on record as definitely recognizing zing junior and colleges in ili the educational system of the state the municipal university of akron ohio was added to the I 1 list of city universities and the new association of urban universities versi ties established in the fall of 1914 tends lends emphasis to this mum alpa develop ment degrees conferred by colleges land and univ universities included land baccalaureate graduate and honorary the degree of doctor of philosophy was conferred i as the result of examination by 46 institutions on men and 73 women |
