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#redirect [[Ford Foundation#Fund for Adult Education]] |
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{{Short description|American educational funding program}} |
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The '''Fund for Adult Education''' (active 1951-1961) was a subsidiary of the [[Ford Foundation]] which supported initiatives in the field of [[adult education]], including [[educational television]] and [[public broadcasting]]. During its existence, the FAE spent over $47 million.<ref name="edelson" />{{rp|1}} Among its funding programs were a series of individual awards for people working in adult education to support training and field study experiences.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |title=Ford Fund to Give Aid for Adult Education |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/06/28/archives/ford-fund-to-give-aid-for-adult-education.html |access-date=25 April 2023 |work=New York Times |date=28 June 1953}}</ref> In addition to grantmaking to organizations and projects, the FAE also established its own programs, including the Test Cities Project and the Experimental Discussion Project.<ref name="edelson">{{cite journal |last1=Edelson |first1=Paul J. |title=Socrates on the Assembly Line: The Ford Foundation's Mass Marketing of Liberal Adult Education |journal=Annual Conference of the Midwest History of Education Society |date=October 1991 |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED340885}}</ref>{{rp|2}} Educational theorist [[Robert Maynard Hutchins]] helped to found the FAE, and educational television advocate C. Scott Fletcher served as its president.<ref name="edelson" />{{rp|8-9}} |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1554 Papers of C. Scott Fletcher], president of the FAE at the [[University of Maryland Libraries]]. |
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*[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001974714 <i>A Ten Year Report of the Fund for Adult Education, 1951-1961</i>] on [[HathiTrust Digital Library]]. |
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[[Category:Organizations disestablished in 1961]] |
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[[Category:Organizations established in 1951]] |
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[[Category:Ford Motor Company]] |
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