“Diversity and Independence in the Educational Marketplace”: The Rhode Island CEF and the 1968 Tuition-Grant Debate

This article focuses on the argument over state aid to nonpublic education in Rhode Island in the late 1960s. The author examines the acrimonious debate surrounding the proposed 1968 tuition-grant bill sponsored by the Rhode Island chapter of the Citizens for Educational Freedom, a national group fo...

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Main Author: Chaput, Erik J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Catholic University of America Press 2009
In: The catholic historical review
Year: 2009, Volume: 95, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-78
Further subjects:B tuition grants
B parochial school education
B Citizens for Educational Freedom (CEF)
B school funding
B Protestants and Other Americans United (POAU)
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Summary:This article focuses on the argument over state aid to nonpublic education in Rhode Island in the late 1960s. The author examines the acrimonious debate surrounding the proposed 1968 tuition-grant bill sponsored by the Rhode Island chapter of the Citizens for Educational Freedom, a national group formed in 1959, dedicated to achieving state aid to nonpublic education.
ISSN:1534-0708
Contains:Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/cat.0.0337