Willard B. Spalding Papers, 1952-1959

Description: Papers of Willard B. Spalding (1904- ), dean (1947-53), including files of the Arkansas Experiment in Teacher Education financed by the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education to develop and evaluate a fifth year program of teacher education and study general education for undergraduates, supervised internships, student services and accreditation in Arkansas. The files include advisory committee minutes (1955-56); executive committee minutes (1952-58); director's correspondence (1954-58); newsletters (1953-58); catalogs, course syllabi and materials, interviews and reports on regular and alternate education programs at Arkansas A & M, Arkansas A.M. & N. (Pine Bluff), Arkansas College, Arkansas Polytechnical, Arkansas State, Arkansas State Teachers, College of the Ozarks, Harding College, Henderson State Teachers, Hendrix College, John Brown University, Ouachita Baptist College, Philander Smith, Southern State and University of Arkansas and evaluation reports by teams of educators from Michigan State (general education), Oregon (impact of 5th year program) and Portland State (professional education and student services).