American Foundation for Continuing Education
Variant namesBeginning in 1947 as the American Foundation for Political Education, this organization developed liberal education materials for study-discussion programs focused on politics, law, and international affairs; helped organizations, agencies, and institutions through consultation, program development, and leadership training; and prepared special materials on liberal arts and politics for business and industry. In the late 1950’s the Foundation’s subject interests, publications, and clientele grew and encompassed the fields of economics, science, the arts, and the humanities, thus prompting the Foundation to change its name to the American Foundation for Continuing Education. The Foundation garnered financial support largely by grants from the Fund for Adult Education, as well as participants’s fees and service charges. The Foundation ended most of its activities other than publications and revisions in 1965.
From the guide to the American Foundation for Continuing Education Records, 1947-1965, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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creatorOf | American Foundation for Continuing Education Records, 1947-1965 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
creatorOf | American Foundation for Continuing Education. [Annual reports], 1952- | Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, IUPUI | |
creatorOf | American Foundation for Continuing Education. Letter, 1964, to Lewis Mumford. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
referencedIn | Syracuse University Publications in Continuing Education (SUPCE)Records, 1951-2008, 1955-1975 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center |
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associatedWith | American Foundation for Continuing Education, Archives | corporateBody |
associatedWith | American Foundation for Political Education. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | American Foundation for Political Education, Archives | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Cowan, William Wallace | person |
associatedWith | Fund for Adult Education (U.S.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Gill, Stanley A. | person |
associatedWith | Nelson, Charles A. | person |
associatedWith | Overton, George W. | person |
associatedWith | Peace Corps (U.S.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Syracuse University Publications in Continuing Education. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Trainor, William J. | person |
associatedWith | Williams, Harold S. | person |
associatedWith | Ziegler, Jerome M. | person |
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Active 1952