Abstract Historically known as a teacher training college, Eastern Michigan University and the College of Education continues to strive for high quality teacher preparation. To that end, they seek to obtain professional accreditation through the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) which was founded in 1954 as an independent accreditation body. The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) records contains reports...

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 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 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...

Abstract The Roosevelt School records are primarily comprised of administrative files, grade reports, news clippings, publications, scrapbooks, and yearbooks. Also included are library records, and student projects. Founded as a laboratory school in 1900 on the campus of the Michigan State Normal College (known today as Eastern Michigan University), materials in the collection were generated by the Roosevelt School faculty, staff and students. The school originally...

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There have been several Rural Education Student Organizations at Michigan State Normal College. The Trailblazer Club was devoted to rural education, while the Collegiate Country Life Club was for students interested in rural life and in rural school teaching. The Rural Education Student Organizations records include materials from both of these organizations associated with rural education at Michigan State Normal College.

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The Summer Quest record includes brochures and press clippings from 1986 to 2007, with enrollment and curriculum information from the theater and forensic programs from 2004 to 2006. Summer Quest was a cross-discipline enrichment program for high school students to develop career paths, hosted at Eastern Michigan University. This collection might be valuable for insight into the marketing and execution of summer enrichment programs.

Abstract The Swaziland Curriculum Development Project (Afr-c-1172), also known as Swaziland Project, was a collaboration contracted by the United States Agency for International Development (AID) between Eastern Michigan University and the Swaziland Ministry of Education. Eastern Michigan University was tasked with developing and establishing functional systems for curriculum development and to provide formal training. The project ram from 1975 until 1983. The Swaziland...

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The Teen Biz records contain records and materials pertaining to the Teen Biz: Teens in Business Through the Arts Program, a youth outreach program sponsored by Michigan Works! and Eastern Michigan University. The files consist of administrative records, email communications, records of dismissed youth, budgetary agendas, meeting minutes, curriculum descriptions, flyers, events, and program final reports. Records in the collection date from 2XXX to 2XXX