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Oral history interview with Rebecca Barr and Robert Dreeben, 1984.

Creator: Barr, Rebecca
Project: Spencer Foundation project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 36 pages. Sound recording 2 audiocassettes.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Rebecca Barr is an educational psychologist; Robert Dreeben is a sociologist.

Scope and Contents

Area of research: effects of school on children; introduction to Spencer Foundation through H. Thomas James; reaction to Spencer Foundation procedures and policies; education studies and structure; publication and implications of research; application of findings; relationship of Spencer Foundation to grantees and their research; development of grant proposal.

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