Schooling for the American Dream

Henry Levin

Thursday, 11 Feb 1993 at 12:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union

Henry Levin is the David Jacks Professor of Higher Education, Affiliated Professor of Economics and director of the center for Educational Research at Stanford University. he is the author of Community Control of Schools, Comparing Public and Private Schools, Limits of educational Reform, Public Dollars for Private Schools, and Schooling and Work in the Democratic state. He is editor of the Review of Educational Research and received his doctorate in economics from Rutgers.
Part of the National Affairs Series

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