Abstract Betty Barber was an assistant professor in EMU's Department of Home Economics, later the Department of Human, Environmental, and Consumer Resources, and also in the Department of Teacher Education, from 1967-2004. Barber was also instrumental in establishing the state's first Women's Studies minor at EMU in 1975. The collection, which spans the years 1955-2004, includes personal and professional materials related to Barber's research, mentoring, and academic...

Abstract The Center for Community Education seeks to serve the greater community surrounding Eastern Michigan University and its activities include academic programs for school age children (K- 12) and programs for adults. This organization was established at Eastern Michigan University in 1969 in the Department of Leaderships and Counseling and was one of the first in the nation. The program was funded with eighty-five other university and state departments by the C.S....

Abstract Materials in the College of Education collection currently includes books and papers created by the faculty of the College of Education, memorabilia created to promote the College of Education and their initiatives like the Children's Institute; Monday Reports, a weekly newsletter which detailed College events, information for students, and news about faculty and alumni; and Publications. The Monday Reports series is the most comprehensive including reports...

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The Charter School Annual Reports detail the activities of the Eastern Michigan University Charter Schools Office, established in 1995. The Reports have been published from 1996 to the present, and the collection runs from 1996 to 2010.

Abstract The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and Secondary School is an independent organization whose goal it is to set a standard for educational institutions to follow for accreditation. This standard is met and maintained by an institution of higher learning in order to receive and hold accreditation. The North Central Association was organized in 1895 at a meeting of 36 administrators of schools, colleges, and universities located in seven midwestern states. The...

Abstract Papers, publications, and research material from the collection of Nathan Harvey, professor and head of the Department of Pedagogy at Michigan State Normal College. Harvey was born in Toledo, IL in 1860, and began his career at MSNC in 1904, eventually retiring in 1925. He died in 1942. His research interests included psychology, physiology, and the history of education in America. Harvey's extensive collection of early textbooks was later donated the...

Abstract The Nation Institute for Consumer Education (NICE) records documents the work of the professional development center located in the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University. The materials in the collection date from 1973 when the center was founded as the Michigan Consumer Education Center, through 1994. The majority of the publications were written by Rosella Bannister who directed the center. Administration of the program as well as the last 20 years of the center are not...

Abstract The Office of Academic Services collection documents the Office of Academic Services which serves the College of Education and associated educator programs at Eastern Michigan University. The collection is arranged in three series: Administrative Files including Academic Services Director’s meeting minutes and correspondence; Annual Reports, news, and Reports with...

Abstract The records in the Outdoor Education Committee records were collected by Roosevelt School Principle Leonard Menzi during the process of offering outdoor education esperiences for Education Majors at the Michigan State Normal College. Materials in the collection include student applications, correspondence, publicity, planning documents, collected literature, materials specific to Mill Lake Camp in Chelsea Michigan, and slides from the Mill Lake Camp site taken...