workers' faculties (rabfaks)
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Workers' faculties (rabfaks) were Soviet preparatory schools designed to give workers and peasants the education needed to enter higher education institutions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| workers' faculties (rabfaks) canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet educational institution type
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preparatory school ⓘ |
| accessRequirement |
insufficient prior formal education for direct university entry
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working-class or peasant background ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
Soviet policy of proletarianization of higher education
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affirmative action for workers and peasants in education ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| curriculumIncludes |
Marxist-Leninist ideology
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Russian language ⓘ basic sciences ⓘ mathematics ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| educationalLevel | pre-university ⓘ |
| educationalModel | state-funded adult education ⓘ |
| educationalOutcome | eligibility to enter higher education institutions ⓘ |
| emphasis | political education alongside academic preparation ⓘ |
| fullName | workers' faculties ⓘ |
| function | bridge between basic education and university-level study ⓘ |
| funding | state-funded ⓘ |
| goal |
increase enrollment of workers and peasants in universities
ⓘ
reduce educational inequality between social classes ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-revolutionary Soviet Union ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | instrument for creating a new Soviet intelligentsia from workers and peasants ⓘ |
| ideologicalRole |
promote social mobility for workers and peasants
ⓘ
support creation of a socialist intelligentsia ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Russian ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Soviet higher education institutions ⓘ |
| nativeName | рабфаки ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Soviet higher education institutions
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Soviet state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet education system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
prepare workers and peasants for higher education
ⓘ
provide general secondary education to adults from working-class and peasant backgrounds ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
proletarianization of the intelligentsia
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socialist educational reforms ⓘ |
| selectionCriterion |
class origin
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lack of prior educational opportunities ⓘ |
| shortName | rabfaks ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
adults without formal secondary education
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peasants ⓘ workers ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Soviet period ⓘ |
| typeOfAccess | mass education initiative ⓘ |
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