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Association of Urban Universities Secretary-Treasurer's Records
Collection
Identifier: WSR000494
Abstract
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...
Dates:
1916 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Howard Hursey Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002047
Abstract
Howard Hursey was a national representative for the American Federation of Teachers. This collection documents his time as an organizer from the 1960s through the early 1970s. The American Federation of Teachers experienced huge growth in membership during this time and the collection represents this and the strain on AFT workers. Mostly Hursey organized in the Southern United States, but there are materials from Los Angeles and Illinois and points in-between. The correspondences contain...
Dates:
1961 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1974
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Schools of the 21st Century Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001853
Abstract
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...
Dates:
1996 - 2004
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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