Ruth E. Eckert papers, 1930-1973.

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Ruth E. Eckert papers, 1930-1973.

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The collection includes biographical materials, a list of Eckert's Ph. D. advisees, a list of her publications with some reprints, teaching materials, University of Minnesota committee reports and studies including some from the Senate Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Institutional Research, the Senate Committee on Planning, the AAUP (University Chapter), and from the College of Agriculture, College of Education, Graduate School and the All-University Committees. Also included are files of correspondence with University officers, College of Education documents and a collection of higher education state-wide planning documents. Papers from various professional associations are included, also.

2.5 linear ft.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota. Senate

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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...

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...