Program in Education records, 1985-Ongoing
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke University. Program in Education
- Abstract:
- The Duke University Program in Education provides opportunities for undergraduates to connect their liberal art studies and the academic work of their major with rigorous intellectual examination of the issues confronting schools, children, and communities. This collection contains reports, inromation regarding the Winfred Quinton Holton Prize for educational research, including prize winning papers and other records.
- Extent:
- 0.75 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- UA.07.06.0001
- University Archives Record Group:
- 07 -- Academic Affairs
07 -- Academic Affairs > 06 -- Undergraduate Education
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains reports, information regarding the Winfred Quinton Holton Prize for educational research, including prize winning papers and other records.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Duke University Program in Education provides opportunities for undergraduates to connect their liberal art studies and the academic work of their major with rigorous intellectual examination of the issues confronting schools, children, and communities. In 1924, under the direction of and with an endowment from James B. Duke, Trinity College became Duke University. In the Indenture of Trust, J.B. Duke insisted that the training of teachers be among Duke's primary missions.
- Acquisition information:
- The Program in Education Records were received by the University Archives as a transfer beginning in 1993-present.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Kimberly Sims, February 2007
Encoded by Molly Bragg, May 2011
Updated by Kimberly Sims, July 2012
Updated by Tracy M. Jackson, January 2016 (UA2015.0038)
Multiple accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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- Subjects:
- Duke University. Program in Education
- Names:
- Duke University -- Students
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[Identification of item], Program in Education Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.