Education, Secondary

Schools of the 21st Century Records

dgolodner — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:51:00 -0400

The Schools of the 21st Century Corporation governed The Detroit Annenberg Challenge. The Annenberg Challenge provided $500 million in grants to organizations across the United States for the improvement of public schools. Schools for the 21st Century received a $20 million grant and set out to address the goals of increased student achievement, community and parent involvement, and collaboration with outside organizations. The Initiative's mission was to “Institutionalize bold, comprehensive and systemic reform at the local school level, to ensure high levels of student performance and healthy growth and development for all students.” The plan focused on 42 schools divided into 10 clusters, which used various school reform models in their approaches.

Materials in the collection include reports on the phases of the plan, individual clusters, outside vendor reports, external reviews, Board of Directors meeting minutes, and newsletters and other promotional material.

Wayne State University Graduate Council Records

astankrauff — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500

The Wayne State University Graduate Council is the governing body of the University’s Graduate School. It formulates policies concerning graduate education, sets admission standards for graduate programs. In addition it manages graduate faculty appointments, evaluates applications to all graduate programs, and awards all Ph.D. degrees, select master’s degrees, and interdisciplinary graduate certificates at Wayne State University.
The Wayne State University Graduate Council is composed of members elected from the regular graduate faculty of each of the various schools and colleges of the University, at least one graduate student member, the Dean of the Graduate School, and members of the graduate faculty appointed by the Dean of the Graduate School. The Council meets monthly during the academic year, and all meetings are open to the University community.
This collection documents the development of Wayne State University's Graduate School, one of the largest graduate schools in the nation. The University’s professional programs were established early in the history of the University and were unified within the newly-created Graduate School in 1933. The records of this collection begin in 1934 with the Wayne University Graduate Council Minutes and finish with records from 1981 in what has become the Wayne State University Graduate Council.

Association of Urban Universities Secretary-Treasurer's Records

cwesterman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:09:15 -0400

The Association of Urban Universities was founded in 1914. The Association promoted the study of problems of particular interest to urban universities, including adult education, community service of an urban university, and university extension. Its principal activity was an annual Fall meeting. At these meetings, topics of particular concern to urban universities were discussed by the delegates and these discussions were published in the Proceedings following the meeting. The Association also published a Newsletter during the school year.

Wayne University President David D. Henry served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Association from 1947-1954. Mrs. Doris Lusk O'Brien, who served as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer from 1952-1962, was also in the President's Office. Doris O'Brien edited the Newsletter and Proceedings of the AUU until 1965. These periodicals were published at Wayne State University until 1966, when Arthur Evans of Bradley University became the organization's Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, and editorial responsibilities for the Newsletter and Proceedings passed to Jim Erickson, also of Bradley University.

These files reflect the functions and concerns of the Secretary-Treasurer and the Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, namely: local arrangements for annual meetings, financial matters, and inquiries about memberships, the Proceedings, and the Newsletter. The files of the Secretary-Treasurer and the Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of the Association of Urban Universities were placed in the University Archives by the Office of the President, Wayne State University.

(38395) Dr. Rice, Dr. Reid Rice, India, 1950s

eclemens — Wed, 09 May 2018 11:38:55 -0400

Dr. Theodore Rice and Dr. Chandos Reid Rice ride atop an elephant during a trip to India.

(38397) Dr. Rice, Dr. Reid Rice, India, 1953

eclemens — Wed, 09 May 2018 11:36:27 -0400

Dr. Theodore Rice and Dr. Chandos Reid Rice meet with students in a classroom. The Wayne University professors were in India to participate in a seminar series for secondary students.

[Podcast] Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education

teller — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:18:53 -0400

Dr. Nick Juravich discusses the experiences of the first-generation of paraprofessional educators in New York City in the 1960s-1980s and their impact on the city’s educational system, community relations, and public sector unions. read more »

[Podcast] Schools and the Rise of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Brown World

teller — Thu, 22 May 2025 08:35:39 -0400

Dr. Matt Kautz explores how evolving school disciplinary practices, changes in crime reporting, and political pressure in the decades following school desegregation led to the rise of student suspensions, expulsions, dropouts, and the school-to-prison pipeline in Detroit and other cities. read more »

[Podcast] The 1968 Florida Teachers' Strike: Public Sector Unionism and the Fight against Sunshine State Conservatism

teller — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:17:07 -0500

Dr. Jody Baxter Noll recounts the 1968 Florida Teachers’ Strike, in which 27,000 teachers across the state, amidst a shift in Florida politics toward a pro-business and suburban “Sunshine conservatism” reluctant to raise taxes for public education, submitted their resignations to gain collective bargaining rights and improved school funding. read more »