1. THE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND OF A SELECTED GROUP OF ENGLAND'S LEADERS.
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Boyd, David P.
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EDUCATION , *OCCUPATIONS , *PUBLIC administration , *EMPLOYMENT , *ANGLICAN Communion - Abstract
The paper examines the school background of leaders in eight occupational groups: the civil service, foreign service, judiciary, Royal Navy, army, Royal Air Force, Church of England, and clearing banks. These elite groups were studied at four time intervals: 1939, 1950, 1960, and 1971. With the exception of the civil service, no significant change was discernible in the proportion of men who had attended public school. The paper also examines the university background of leaden in five of the groups: the civil service, foreign service, judiciary, Church of England, and clearing banks. Except for the Church of England, no significant change was recorded in the proportion of men who had attended Oxbridge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1974
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