General College records 1920-2006

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General College records 1920-2006

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This collection contains the administrative files of General College at the University of Minnesota. Contents of the collection include general correspondence, reports, faculty meeting minutes, assembly minutes, committee reports and papers, speeches, institutional research papers, comprehensive examinations, curriculum and course descriptions, enrollment statistics, executive council minutes, articles and correspondence of staff and faculty of General College, college policies, projects and programs participated in by the college and financial records.

86 boxes (89.0 cubic feet)

University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc]

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SNAC Resource ID: 6618817

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University of Minnesota. University College

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University College at the University of Minnesota was established on June 28, 1930 by the Board of Regents, upon the recommendation of a committee appointed by University President, Lotus Delta Coffman and chaired by Guy Stanton Ford. Its purpose was to extend the educational opportunities available to upper division undergraduates beyond those available through the traditional colleges of the University. On August 16, 1930, the University College Committee was appointed...

Hansen, Evelyn Unes.

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University of Minnesota. Continuing Education and Extension

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The Foster Care Certificate Program was initiated in 1970 by the University of Minnesota's Continuing Education and Extension division as an experimental course for foster parents in the Twin Cities. The program was designed to help foster parents understand their role in the foster care system in Minnesota. In 1972, the program was expanded to offer a 15 credit certificate in foster parent education. Still directed at foster parents, the certificate focused on how to improve services to childre...

Morse, Horace T.

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Horace Taylor Morse was born on 30 August 1905 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He earned his B.A. in 1928, M.A. in 1930 and Ph.D. in 1939 from the University of Minnesota. From 1932-1936, Dr. Morse taught history at Wright high school and Ironwood Junior College (Ironwood, MI). He joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1936 as instructor in education. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1939, associate professor in 1941 and professor in 1945. Dr. Morse was appointed as assistant d...

MacLean, Malcolm S. (Malcolm Shaw), 1893-

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University of Minnesota. General College

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Established as Junior College in 1932, the college offered a two-year course of study in the general sciences and liberal arts, focused upon students who did not wish, nor could afford, a four-year college degree. As junior colleges were established across Minnesota in the 1960s, the role of General College was questioned. The college responded by focusing on serving under represented populations, such as ethnic minorities and low-income students, and distinguishing itself from the junior colleg...

University of Minnesota. Junior College

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