The School of Education Review series (4 linear feet) discusses in detail the lengthy and traumatic review of the School of Education which led to a Regental decision to significantly reduce the school's funding. Following a major shortfall in the 1981-82 state appropriation to the university, Provost Billy E. Frye announced a five-year plan to balance the budget by reductions of 10% spread across the campus and by selective major reductions from a few units targeted for downsizing and possible elimination. Units identified as candidates for major reduction and possible elimination were the School of Education, School of Art, and School of Natural Resources. A review committee was appointed in 1982 and began evaluating the School of Education's programs and its relevance to the university's mission. Public hearings were held in the fall of 1982 in which 86 individuals provided testimony regarding the School. The School supplied 10 volumes of detailed data and more than 200 exhibits. The review committee also interviewed faculty and staff both within and outside of the School as well as deans at four other schools of education. In March 1983 the review committee submitted its report containing 18 recommendations including a 40% cut in the School's budget over a five-year period which was endorsed by the Regents.
The Review series has been divided into three sub-series: Official Document; Supplemental Records; and Memos, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous. Official Documents include the records that were provided to the Regents, such as the formal charge to the review committee, material supplied to that committee by the School of Education, public testimony, the review committee report, and the School's extensive response to the report. The file is arranged chronologically. Supplemental Records are the working papers of the dean's office, created while preparing the various official documents and exhibits the School submitted. It also includes information regarding the School's attitudes and strategies as the review process continued. The Supplemental Records are arranged alphabetically by topic. Additional material relating to the review was received in 1998 and is located in Boxes 47 and 48. Audio tapes of the public hearings are located in Box 42.
Addition School of Education Review records were received in a later accession (in box 48). It consists of correspondence and communications among the faculty and Dean Stark and between Stark and the university administration, as well as letters of support from constituents of the school from around the country. It also contains transcripts of review hearing testimony, and summaries of review testimony.
Official Documents [subseries]
Box 12
Review Committee Charge (includes School's Response to Charge, February 1983) April 1982
Box 12
Material Supplied to Review Committee by SOE
(2 folders)
Public Testimony October 26-November 3, 1982
Box 12
Transcripts
(4 folders)
(audio tapes in box 42)
Box 12
Supporting Documents
Review Committee Report
Box 12
Original Draft February 1983
Box 12
Final Report February 25, 1983
SOE Response to Report
Box 12
Response (includes index to exhibits)
Exhibits
Box 12
No. 1-25
Box 13
No. 26-37
Box 13
No. 38-50
Box 13
No. 51-66
Box 13
No. 67
(3 folders)
Box 13
No. 68-75
Box 13
No. 76-77
Box 13
No. 78
Box 13
No. 79-87
Box 13
No. 88-99
Box 14
No. 100-109
Box 14
No. 110-129
Box 14
No. 130-138
Box 14
No. 139-153
Box 14
No. 154
Box 14
No. 155-162
Special Exhibits
Box 14
"Big 10" Comparative Data
Box 14
Education as a Professional School
Box 14
Review of Educational Units
Box 14
Public Hearing April 20, 1983
Box 14
Vice-President for Academic Affairs Recommendations to Regents September 1983
Box 14
Development Plan February 1984
Box 14
Presentation to Central Administration August 1984
Supplemental Records [subseries]
Box 14
General
Box 14
Alumni and Friends 1982
Box 15
Budget Conferences 1979-1982
Box 15
Budget Priorities Committee Report April 1983
Box 15
Cross Campus Collaboration, 1979-82
Box 15
Curriculum Analysis 1979
Box 15
Education Facts
(2 folders)
Exhibits
Box 15
Supporting Data 1982-1983
Box 15
General
Box 15
Unused Documents
Faculty
Box 15
Journals in Which Published 1973-1980
Box 15
Meeting re Review Report March 6, 1983
Box 15
Professional Association Memberships 1980
Box 15
Workload 1981
Box 15
Workshop 1984
Hearings (review) 1982
Box 15
Analysis of
Box 15
Speakers
Liaison Committee
Box 15
General 1982
Box 15
Correspondence 1982-1983
Box 15
Minutes 1982-1983
Box 15
Masters Survey, Questions 43 and 48
Box 15
Physical Education Review June 18, 1983
Programs
Box 15
Goals and Objectives
Box 15
Profiles of Specific Programs
Box 16
Higher Education, Center for the Study of (faculty publications)
Box 16
Education and Psychology, Combined Program 1982
Box 16
Rackham Dissertation Reviews, Analysis of 1982
Reports
Box 16
General 1982
Box 16
Placement of Newly Certified Teachers 1980
Box 16
Teacher Employment Patterns 1977/78-1979/80
Box 16
GRE Report by Program at Ph.D. Level 1982
Task Forces
Box 16
General
Box 16
Membership
Box 16
Curriculum
(2 folders)
Box 16
Implementation of Transition Plan
Box 16
Institutional Policy
Box 16
Research Center
Box 16
Teacher Certification
Memos, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous [subseries]
Box 48
"Bad News" File (includes memos to staff potentially affected by cuts) 1982
Box 48
Communications from Dean Stark 1982-1983
Box 48
Communications with University Administration 1982-1983
Canvass for Support
Box 48
1982-1983
(2 folders)
Box 48
Professional Organizations 1982
Box 48
Review Mailing (after review report) 1983
Box 48
Information Sent to Constituents 1982-1983
Box 48
Internal Communication 1982-1983
Letters of Support
Box 48
1982
Box 48
1982-1983
(2 folders)
Box 48
Center for the Study of Higher Education 1982
Box 48
Letters of Support Received Before Last Public Hearing 1983
Box 48
Letters of Support Classified by Central Thrust 1982
Box 48
Miscellaneous 1979-1983
Box 48
Newspaper Articles 1982-1983
Box 48
Press Correspondence 1983
Box 48
Review Hearings--Planning and Administration 1982
Box 48
Review Testimony Summaries 1982
Box 48
Strategy Development 1981-1983
Box 48
Testimony 1982
Box 48
University of Michigan Articles, Speeches and Publications 1977-1983
