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A Bureau of Educational Research was established on June 1, 1918, in the School of Education for the purpose of investigating the problems of teaching and school administration, collecting information concerning the best educational practices of this and other countries, and placing the results obtained before the schools of this state.
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 29th Report, June 1, 1918, p. 759.
2. College of Education: Bureau of Research and Service: History, Functions, Service. University of Illinois. June, 1950, p. 7 (pamphlet) RS 10/10/10/10.
3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, August 5, 1947, p. 486; personal interview with Professor William P. McClure, Director of Bureau of Educational Research, February 3, 1974.
4. College of Education: Bureau of Research and Service: History, Functions, Service. University of Illinois. June, 1950, p. 10 (pamphlet) RS 10/10/10/10.
5. Personal interview with Professor William P. McClure, Director of the Bureau of Educational Research, February 3, 1974.
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
September 1963
by series number
Printed Bulletins, published irregularly, representing reports of results of original investigations carried on through the Bureau by staff members, faculty, the High School Visitor, graduate students and researchers. The series also includes proceedings of symposia and conferences.
Accounts of research transmitted by, but not carried on by, the Bureau, and communications to state educators, are published in the series of Circulars 10/10/0/2.
An index is found in the back of each volume of Publications of the Bureau of Educational Research.