Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Administration

Abstract In January 1982, Wesleyan University eliminated their aid-blind admissions policy. In response, students from a group called the April 29th Coalition protested the University's decision. The organization collected 1,284 signatures of students demanding Wesleyan return to an aid-blind system. They also demanded several changes to the financial aid and admissions system. Later in the semester, students held a 150 hour sit-in on the second floor of North College, one hour for each year that the...

Abstract These professional papers contain materials from his undergraduate studies, including materials from Bennet's position as co-president of fraternity Alpha Chi Rho. There are also materials from his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Harvard University. The bulk of the materials cover his professional career, beginning as administrative assistant to Ambassador Chester Bowles in India in the mid 1960s, and continuting through his many years in Washington D.C. He...

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Volumes from 1888-1926 available online via Hathi Trust, and volumes from 1927-1998 available physically in Special Collections & Archives.

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The collection contains correspondence, memos, clippings, and other materials related to the controversy on military recruitment at Wesleyan University from 1968 to 1973. Major correspondents are Philip Rockwell and Paul Reynolds.

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Annual reports of academic departments, programs and academic divisions of the university.

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The materials in the Financial Planning Committee records include evaluations of departmental or program proposals, faculty compensation concerns, and student expense issues. The main item of business for the FPC during this period was Wesleyan's growing deficit, and recommendations to address budgetary concerns.

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The Hewlett Fellows were students at Wesleyan University who investigated and documented the history of racial diversity on campus.

The Hewlett Diversity Archive contains documents, photographs, textiles, audio recordings, and transcriptions related to the history of diversity and students of color at Wesleyan University.

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Records of the Junior Faculty Organization including meeting minutes, salaries, reports, a history of the organization, and correspondence.

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The collection consists of new student orientation materials from the Dean of the College.