Administrative Correspondence, 1956-79 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Administrative correspondence of Dean of Admissions Charles W. Sanford, (1956-67) including correspondence, reports, programs, periodicals, notes and studies relating to accreditation; admissions; articulation; Chicago professional colleges and Undergraduate Division; educational conferences and commissions; enrollment statistics and projections; entrance examinations and testing services; extension; fees; Freshman or New Student Week; high schools; Illinois Curriculum Program; junior colleges; intercollegiate and interscholastic professional meetings; registration; residence; quotas; scholarships; school-university relations; student affairs; summer sessions; other universities and colleges; university offices, departments and committees and related topics.  The files include material on the Dean's association with the American and Illinois Associations of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, the Illinois Associations of School Administrators and School Boards, the National and Illinois Associations of Secondary School Principals, the North Central Association and the Illinois Commission of Higher Education and State Board of Higher Education.  The series includes correspondence with presidents David Henry (1960-71) and John Corbally (1971-74), Provost Lyle Lanier (1962-72) and Vice president Eldon Johnson (1966-74); talks by Dean Sanford (1956-67); files relating to SEOP (1969-71) and educational programs for the disadvantaged (1963-70); educational testing; foreign students; residency; sex and racial discrimination and financial aid.