American Colleges and Their Relation to the Present Economic Crisis

Abstract

Introductory Note: — The following pages constitute a report and an interpretation of the conference of the “Educational Institutions” group, of which I was chairman, held as a part of the Twenty‐Eighth Annual Convention of the Religious Education Association, in Atlanta, Georgia, April 15‐17. The discussion occupied the whole of the forenoon and afternoon sessions of Thursday, April 16, and part of the afternoon of Friday, April 17, concluding with the chairman's report to the closing General Session of the Convention, Friday night, April 17. In attendance at the conference were representatives of a wide range of educational institutions from a score of states, in addition to whom were ministers, professional and business men, and other citizens of Atlanta. The conference was conducted without formal addresses but with informal discussion from the floor. To give direction to the discussion, it was conducted around the four main questions given below. A few persons had been requested beforehand to open the discussion with five minute statements prepared in advance, after which came the general discussion. Appreciative acknowledgment is hereby extended to the persons who opened the discussions upon the questions as indicated.