Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Finance

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...

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This collection consists of information gathered by the Faculty Consulative Finance committee.

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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 Nineteenth Century administrative records consists of the original charter for Wesleyan University, early Trustee, University Secretary, and faculty records, and financial records related to donors, students, and the university itself. The financial items consist of correspondence, statements, accounts, bills, receipts, inventories, tuition, and housing information. There is also information about student admittance, attendence, absences, and demerits.