Commission on the Future of the College records, 1970-1973.

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Commission on the Future of the College records, 1970-1973.

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The collection consists of the records of Commission chairman Marvin Bressler. Included are correspondence, Commission meeting minutes, reports and statistics, reactions to the Commission's interim report, and surveys of undergraduates.

0.42 linear ft. (1 box)

Princeton University Library

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Princeton University Library

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Princeton University. Dept. of Sociology.

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Bressler, Marvin

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Princeton University. Commission on the Future of the College

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The Commission on the Future of the College, also known as the Bressler Commission, was appointed by Princeton president Robert F. Goheen in 1970. With funding from the Carnegie Corporation, the Ford Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Commission was charged with examining the shifting line between formal and informal education, including learning experiences that had heretofore not been part of the curriculum. With recent changes to the curriculum such as independent studies in w...