Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA) Records 1951-1969

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA) Records 1951-1969

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/c/cslea.htm

Established by a grant from the Fund for Adult Education in 1951, the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA) worked with universities seeking to initiate or to improve adult education programs. Its purpose was to help American higher education develop greater effectiveness and a deeper sense of responsibility for the liberal education of adults. During its tenure the Center had three directors; John S. Diekhoff (1952-1953), John B. Schwertman (1953-1956), and A.A. Liveright (1956-1968). The records include correspondence, organizational files, publication files, writings, and miscellany. Key correspondents, mostly from the Center, are James T. Carey, Alexander N. Charters, Roger DeCrow, John S. Diekhoff, C. Scott Fletcher, Freda H. Goldman, Morton Gordon, Kenneth Haygood, Cyril Orvin Houle, A. A. Liveright, Harry L. Miller, John B. Schwertman, Peter E. Siegle, Marilyn M. Vaughan, and James B. Whipple.

45.5 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6361439

Related Entities

There are 18 Entities related to this resource.

Haygood, Kenneth

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b718cz (person)

Gordon, Morton, 1933-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wr4tpw (person)

Diekhoff, John Siemon, 1905-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t9dm1 (person)

Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults, Archives.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd1cff (corporateBody)

Charters, Alexander N.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6528nv5 (person)

Alexander N. Charters was born on August 22, 1916 in Verdant Valley, Alberta, Canada. He earned a B.A. in history and English from the University of British Colombia (1938) and a PhD in adult education from the University of Chicago (1948). At the University of Chicago he studied under Cyril O. Houle. His interest in adult education was encouraged by his aunt and uncle, Jessie and W. W. (Wallace) Charters, both of whom were active in the field. During his service in the Canadian Nav...

Sheats, Paul H., 1907-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68s758j (person)

Born on December 5, 1907 in Tiffin, Ohio, Paul Sheats (1907-1984) attended Heidelberg College in his hometown where he earned his A.B. in 1929. He went on to earn an M.A. from Columbia University in 1930, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1936. He was an instructor in government at New York State College for Teachers in Albany, an instructor in education at Yale, and an assistant professor of education at the University of Wisconsin. During World War II he served for a time as hea...

Vaughan, Marilyn M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q38pz7 (person)

Houle, Cyril Orvin, 1913-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64538kv (person)

During the Second World War several programs of instruction were instituted at the University of Chicago. The major war activity of the University, in addition to research, was the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) inaugurated in the spring of 1943. The students in this program were enlisted and drafted soldiers who had demonstrated on intelligence and aptitude tests that they possessed outstanding qualifications for further training. The University provided instruction in ba...

Whipple, James B.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6751fmj (person)

James B. Whipple was the assistant and associate director of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA) from 1953 until it ceased to exist in 1968. At that time he, along with Peter E. Siegle and Freda H. Goldman, formed a partnership for consulting called New Directions for Education (NDE), which existed from 1968-1973. In this capacity, Whipple became heavily involved in major planning projects for higher education, including state plans in Rhode Island and M...

Goldman, Freda H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68b5wr8 (person)

Miller, Harry L., 1920-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gw0c31 (person)

Siegle, Peter E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d9kk1 (person)

Liveright, A.A. (Alexander Albert), 1907-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64q9z8w (person)

Alexander A. Liveright was born in Philadelphia, PA, in 1907. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin (1929), an M.A. in Guidance and Counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University (1930), and a Ph.D. in Adult Education from the University of Chicago (1956). Over his thirty-year career he was a professor, consultant, researcher and director for various institutions and universities specializing in adult and continuing education. Liverigh...

Fletcher, C. Scott (Cyril Scott), 1904-1991

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6668gch (person)

Broadcasting executive. President, Fund for Adult Education, Ford Foundation, 1951-1961; Chief Executive Officer and Director, Educational Television Stations division, National Association of Educational Broadcasters, 1964-1967. From the description of C. Scott Fletcher papers, 1926-1991 and undated (bulk 1944-1971). (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38868060 Non-commercial, educational television pioneer, C. (Cyri...

Carey, James T., 1925-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64820sw (person)

DeCrow, Roger

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f9139m (person)

Schwertman, John B.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67z1308 (person)

Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf3wxr (corporateBody)

The Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA) was established in 1951 with a grant from the Fund for Adult Education (FAE) that had been awarded on the basis of a proposal submitted by the Committee on Liberal Education of the Association of University Evening Colleges. Throughout its history the Center's primary source of financial support was the FAE. Established to work with universities seeking to initiate or to improve adult education programs, the Center's g...