"A Vision of the Future in Vocational Education"

1930 Snedden, David [Samuel] (1868-1951). “A Vision of the Future in Vocational Education.” School and Society (New York) 32.834 (December 20, 1930): 819-31. Rpt. as three chapters (XV. “Some Backgrounds of the Great American Developments of Vocational Education from 1935-1960;” XVI. “The Period of Critical Evaluations and Reconstructions of Vocational Education;” and XVII. “The 1960 Programs of Vocational Education in the United States”) in his American High Schools and Vocational Schools in 1960 (New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1931), 95-119. MoU-St

Projects a eutopian education in 1960 with a stress on vocational education. Education is compulsory until eighteen. Vocational education is required for entering work, and this education starts at eighteen. See also 1923 Snedden. At the time the article was published, the author was Professor of Educational Sociology at Teachers College, Columbia University.