Norbert Elliot

Henry Chauncey: An American Life - History of Schools and Schooling Norbert Elliot New edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Contens: Panama, 1985 33 - Fathers and Sons, 1838 to 1905 - Service, 1905 to 1927 - Reorientation and Reorganization, 1928 to 1945 - Invention, 1946 to 1958 - Integration, 1958 to 1970 - Pentimento, 1970 to 2002. Biographical Note: Norbert Elliot is Professor Emeritus of English at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Review Quotes: -'Henry Chauncey: An American Life' is a painstaking biography of a remarkable man and his ancestors. As the first president of the Educational Testing Service, Chauncey oversaw the rapid growth of an organization that touched the lives of millions of students who took entrance examinations required by undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools. From its early focus on college admissions, ETS expanded its scope to encompass vocational guidance, school counseling, financial aid, draft deferments, personality assessment, and other areas. As Chauncey told his former Harvard classmates in 1953, 'there are large areas to be explored' by this 'infant science.' If Chauncey had been a businessman, one colleague later said, he would have been an excellent venture capitalist.&ltBR> To some skeptics, ETS was a 'semi-sinister organization on 400 acres of beautiful country in New Jersey... [with] little warrens of statistical sadists who are constantly inventing things to make kids unhappy.' Those critics should read this book. Rather than feature heroes and villains, Elliot offers an even-handed analysis of the hopes and fears of the pioneers of a promising new field.- (Robert L. Hampel, University of Delaware)"

Contributor Bio:  Elliot, Norbert Norbert Elliot is Professor of English at New Jersey Institute of Technology.