Rochester Area Colleges collection 1964-1987

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Rochester Area Colleges collection 1964-1987

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Materials related to the Rochester Area Colleges, a consortium of educational institutions in the Genesee Valley Area that was founded in 1970. The collection includes program brochures, correspondence, reports, fliers, and clippings. The Rochester Area Colleges collection consists of materials related to the Rochester-based education consortium. Some of the materials in the collection predate the consortium's founding in 1970. However, these items represent collaborations between the area colleges prior to the Rochester Area Colleges' formation. The collection also includes organization newsletters and a clippings file. This clippings file has articles on the consortium and its activities, as well as event calendars. Additionally, there are program brochures, correspondence, event fliers and invitations, and a few other pieces of ephemera. There is a report on the possible uses of television in academic collaboration, published in 1964.

0.25 linear feet (6 folders)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8144162

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester Area Colleges

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Rochester Area Colleges (RAC) is a consortium of higher education institutions in the Rochester, NY area. The group was formally incorporated in 1970, though similar partnerships did exist prior to the organization's founding. For over a decade, area colleges had worked to "strengthen and upgrade the quality of higher education" through planned activities and shared resources. RAC was created to facilitate the sharing of resources between area colleges and universities. A student at one member i...

Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...