Immigration, Church Mobilization and the Expansion of Education: U.S. Catholic Schooling 1870-1930

拟议的研究涉及天主教的扩张 世纪之交美国的学校制度。 利用1870年至1930年的档案数据，该项目将涉及 公立和私立学校入学率的比较。 最 对美国教育发展的研究表明， 集中在公立学校系统。 这项研究将 提供一个更加平衡的教育扩展图景， 将公立和私立学校的数据结合起来。 因此，在本发明中， 这项研究将有助于理解膨胀 在教育方面， 影响私立和公立学校的增长，以及 私立和公立学校的入学率。

The proposed research deals with the expansion of the Catholic school system in the United States at the turn of the century. Using archival data from 1870 to 1930 the project will involve the comparison of public and private school enrollments. Most studies of the growth in education in the United States have concentrated on the public school system. This research will provide a much more balanced picture of educational expansion by combining figures for both the public and private schools. Thus, this study will contribute to an understanding of the expansion in education, the similarities and differences in the factors affecting private and public school growth, and the links between the private and public school enrollments.