Ruth Elizabeth Eckert papers 1930-1973

University of Minnesota. College of education

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The College of Education was established at the University of Minnesota in 1905, with its predecessor, the department of pedagogy, created in 1892 within the College of Science, Literature and the Arts (SLA). Before the department was established, prospective teachers were offered courses through SLA, first by Professor Maria Sanford in 1881, and later she was joined by history professor Harry P. Judson in 1885. Around 1905, a summer school was instituted at the University for eleme...

University of Minnesota. Senate

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Eckert, Ruth E. (Ruth Elizabeth), 1905-

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Ruth Eckert, B.A. (1930), M.A. (1932), University of Buffalo; Ed.D. (1937) Harvard University. Professor of education at the University of Minnesota (1938-1973). Pioneer in the field of higher education as an academic discipline. Ruth Elizabeth Eckert was born in Buffalo, NY in 1905. She came to the University of Minnesota in 1938 as an associate professor in the College of Education, becoming a full professor in 1945. She taught courses on higher education in the Founda...