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Influential historic documents in American education are presented in Chapter I, including legislation, land grants for common schools and universities and for agricultural and mechanical colleges, Bureau of Education role, early discussion on establishing a national university, and state constitutions' education provisions. Also included are the report of the Committee of Ten on Secondary School Studies and related papers in Chapter II, and a section on the National Education Association's (NEA) history, organization, and function in Chapter III. A catalogue of NEA papers and addresses since founding is included. Character of and facilities for negro education is addressed in Chapter IV, covering cost, the largely elementary nature of negro education, increasing attention to industrial education, negro education's teaching force, professional training, and institutional statistics for 1892-93. Chapter V covers pecuniary aid for university and college students in U.S. colleges, universities, and women's colleges; English universities; France, and Germany. Chapter VI discusses university extension programs. Chapter VII concerns medical education, including raising its standards, course, lengthening, clinical instruction, students with degrees, women in medicine, higher medical education, and German and American medical students. Education condition in 17 states, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii is covered in discussion and data. A list of notable deaths during the year in the education field is included. Statistical tables cover: school population, attendance, instruction, leadership, and facilities in cities with upwards of 8,000 population; public school receipts and expenditures for those cities; cities with unavailable school data; public high schools; endowed academies, seminaries, and other private secondary schools; universities and colleges; Division A and B women's colleges; agricultural and mechanical colleges; agricultural and mechanical colleges for colored students; receipts and expenditures of funds benefitting colored students in agricultural and mechanical colleges; scientific schools and technology institutes; schools of theology, law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and nursing; public and private normal schools; university and college normal students; commercial and business colleges; state institutions for the deaf; public day and private schools for the deaf; state institutions for the blind; state institutions and private schools for the feeble-minded; reform schools; and foreign countries' public elementary education. [For "Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1893-94. Volume 1. Containing Part I," see ED622073.]