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Title	Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents -- Dr. Edgar C. Higbie
Subject	College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College Higbie, Edgar C. Wilson Teachers College Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents
Description	Dr. Higbie (1875- 1944) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1931. Dr. Higbie retired as President of Wilson Teachers College in February 1941, because of ill health. He remained on the faculty until his death in 1944. Higbie was born in West Berlin, Wisconsin and graduated with a degree in education from the University of Minnesota. His teaching and school administration experience prior to Wilson Teachers College was largely in rural Minnesota and South Dakota (including at the university that became the University of Minnesota at Morris). He became identified with progressive methods in agricultural education. He was president at Dakota State University from 1920 through 1931. Higbie was a prominent educator, known for his study of the sociological elements and implications of teacher education. He stressed the humanistic approach in the study of education.
Author/Creator	Wilson Teachers College
Date.Original	2013-06-19
Holding Library	Washington, DC. University of the District of Columbia. Learning Resources Division. University Archives Collection, University of the District of Columbia.
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