Indiana University Center for Excellence in Education records, 1980-2002, bulk 1986-1998
A Guide to Records at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Ashley Zengerski.
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Indiana University, Bloomington.
Center for Excellence in Education.
TitleIndiana University Center for Excellence
in Education records, 1980-2002, bulk 1986-1998
Collection No.
C550
Extent
4 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The concept for the Center for
Excellence in Education was proposed in 1982 at Indiana University. The Center was
created to provide training to educators on using technology within the classroom,
and to advance the research of new educational technologies. This collection
consists of files regarding the funding for the Center for Excellence in Education
and plans for numerous projects.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Administrative History
The Center for Excellence in Education was established in 1982 under the direction of
Howard Mehlinger with the mission to encourage research in the "ways technology can
be employed so as to enhance learning while making instruction more accessible"
(Mission Statement). The intent of the center was to train educators and pursue new
technologies in all educational settings, from kindergarten to corporate training.
Throughout its existence, the Center was active in hosting seminars, developing
international partnerships and implementing new technologies in the classroom.
Perhaps the most notable of its partnerships was with Ryazan State Pedagogical
University in Russia, in which an exchange program of educators was implemented for
the purpose of modernizing curriculums and training in new technologies. The Center
for Excellence in Education also worked with AT&T as early as 1993 to create
electronic textbooks available for students on a computer the size of a clipboard.
In 1999, the Center for Excellence in Education merged with the Center for Research
on Learning and Technology.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into two series: Administrative files and Programs. The
Administrative files series has two subseries: General and Grants and funding. The
Grants and funding subseries is organized into three groupings: AT&T-IU
Alliance, Congressional funding, and Miscellaneous grants. The Program files series
is further organized into four subseries: Ryazan partnership, Civic Education
Workshop, International Invitational Workshop, and Miscellaneous Programs.
Scope and Content Note
The collection is organized into two series: Administrative files and Programs. All
series are arranged chronologically as received from the organization.
The Administrative files series has two subseries: General and Grants and funding.
The Grants and funding subseries is further organized into three main groupings by
funding source: AT&T-IU Alliance, Congressional funding and Miscellaneous
grants.
The General subseries of the Administrative files series contains concept papers,
potential plans and reports of the Center from 1980-2002. In order to accomplish its
goals, administrators sought funding outside IU. Major funding sources included
companies such as AT&T and various government agencies, and these agreements and
project proposals can be found in the Grants and funding subseries.
The next series, Program files, is further organized into four subseries: Ryazan
partnership, Civic Education Workshop, International Invitational Workshop and
Miscellaneous Programs.
Indiana University partnered with Ryazan State Pedagogical University in 1994, and
the Center for Excellence in Education was responsible for coordinating the visits
with the Russian educators. The Ryazan Partnership subseries contains program
proposals and information relating to the participants through 1998.
The International Invitational Workshop on Technology in K-12 Classrooms was held in
1997 and featured scholars from around the world. Participant files and plans for
the event are in the "International Invitational Workshop" subseries of the "Program
files" series.
The subseries "Civic Education Workshop" documents a six-week workshop in 1998 on
civic education for Russian scholars. Included here are participant folders,
evaluations and schedules.
The "Miscellaneous Programs" subseries of the "Program files" series contains
information regarding other projects and collaboration from 1989-1999 developed by
the Center for Excellence in Education, including files on the partnership with
Bloomington's Harmony School, conferences sponsored, and the Center's partnership
with Wisdom Tools.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Separated Material
A photograph album documenting the construction of the Wendell W. Wright Education
Building was pulled and sent to the Archives Photo Collection.
11 images from the Center for Excellence in Education Retirement Picnic on June 29,
1999 at Pic-A-Chic Ranch was pulled and sent to the photo archives.
24 images from Ryazan, Russia were pulled and sent to the photo archives.
5 photos of faculty members in the Center of Education for Excellence were pulled and
sent to the photo archives.
Related Material
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications
may be accessed in the
Archives of Institutional Memory
Archived web sites for this Center may be included in
Archive-It
Related photographs may be available in the
University Archives
Photographs Database
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
2001/063 and 2010/071
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana University Center for Excellence in Education records, Collection C550, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Some records were transferred to this collection from Howard Mehlinger's personal
papers (Collection C271). The majority of the records are from the Center for
Excellence in Education.
Appraisal
Program participant files containing only disbursement vouchers and visa
information were removed from the collection.
Processing InformationProcessed by Ashley Zengerski.
Completed in 2014.
Container List
Series:
Administrative files, 1980-2002,
undated
Subseries:
Box 1
General, 1980-2002,
undated
CEE: Concept Papers, 1980-1994
Facilities Planning, 1980-1999
IU CEE Schematic Design, undated
Center for Productivity in Education, 1983
Center for Excellence updates and summaries, 1983-1985
Development, 1983-1990
CEE: Random ideas, 1983-1993,
undated
Center equipment lists, 1986,
undated
Conversation with Tom Ehrlich regarding CEE, 1987
Remarks about the Center for Excellence in Education to
members of the General Assembly, December 1, 1987
Groundbreaking for CEE, June
15, 1989
Groundbreaking ceremony: Thank you letters, 1989
Merge of CEE and CLRT, 1990-1998
Letters, Memos and press clippings, 1991-2002
CEE: Visitor's program, 1992
CEE: Launch strategy implementation plan, 1992-1993
External review of CEE, 1992-1996
(2 folders)
CEE brochures, 1993,
undated
Wendell W. Wright education building dedication, 1993
Technology in schools, 1994-1995,
undated
CEE staff retreat, September
29, 1995
CEE Advisory Committee meeting, December 12, 1995
Technos magazine, 1995-1997
Various booklets on technology, 1996-1998
Correspondence regarding School of Education proposed Center
for Research on
Learning and Technology, 1997-1998
Letters announcing retirement, 1999
Retirement picnic, June 29,
1999
CEE room dedication, ~April 20,
2001
Center for Excellence--An Overview, undated
Guest books, undated
Mission Statement, undated
Subseries:
Box 1
Grants and funding, 1982-1994,
undated
AT&T,
Agreement, 1983-1986
Goals for the Center, 1984-1987
Box 2
Agreement drafts, 1985-1986
Press/publicity, 1986-1990
Alliance strategic planning, 1987-1989
Alliance, 1987-1990
Research agenda planning, 1988
Showcasing plan, 1988-1989
Alliance correspondence, 1988-1991
Meeting, 1989
Final report 1990-1994
Correspondence with Morley, 1990-1991
Proposed CEE projects, 1992
Project team post-implementation review, 1992
News clippings, 1993
Agreement: Electronic textbook, 1993
Congressional,
Testimony before Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts
and Humanities, 1982-1983
Miscellaneous congressional, 1982-1986
Testimony presented to House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Labor,
Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies,
May 24,
1983
Testimony before William Natcher, 1983-1986
Indiana Higher Education Commission, 1983-1987
Congressional Correspondence, 1983-1988
Congressional Records, 1984-1986,
undated
Tom Schreck's testimony, May 8, 1984
Testimony presented to the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee, ~May 10,
1984
Washington, D.C., May 9,
1985
Testimony presented to House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Labor,
Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies,
~April 29,
1986
Center for Excellence in Education U.S. Department of
Education Grant, 1987
Congressional letters by Howard Mehlinger, 1988
Miscellaneous funding,
Proposals to the Lilly Endowment for the CEE, 1983-1985,
undated
Miscellaneous grants: Correspondence, 1983-1987
James Dezel, IBM, 1985
IBM proposal, 1985-1986
Tom Schwen, 1988
Series:
Program files, 1989-1999,
undated
Subseries:
Box 2
Ryazan partnership, 1991-1998,
undated
Center for Excellence in Education in Ryazan, undated
Description of Ryazan State Pedagogical University, undated
Box 3
American University in Moscow, 1991-1992
(2 folders)
John McEneaney, 1991-1996
Russian Correspondence, 1992-1993
Correspondence, 1992-1996
Liferov, Anatoly, 1992-1998
Preparation for Ryazan-IU partnership, 1993-1994
RSPU/IU partnership for education, continuing education, and
educational
reform, 1994
Budget: USIA, 1994
Seminar on university administration for Ryazan participants,
1994
Demidova, Nina, 1994
Faedyez, Vyacheslav, 1994
Lebedeva, Lidia, 1994
Patent agreement, 1994
Schedules, 1994,
1996
Travel, 1994,
1996
Dorsett, James correspondence, 1994-1995
Halls of Residence, 1994-1995
Insurance, 1994-1995
Miscellaneous notes relating to Ryazan-IU partnership,
1994-1995,
undated
Yermakov, Nikolai, 1994-1995
Articles on Ryazan partnership, 1994-1996
USIA IU-Ryazan project reports, 1994-1996
Kazakova, Marina, 1994-1995
Valentine, Ellie, 1994-1995
Visiting Russian scholars in ELPS, 1994-1995
Hossler, Don, 1994-1996
International visitors, 1994-1996
Kruchkov, Victor, 1994-1996
Siomkina, Natalia, 1994-1996
Dorsett, James, 1994-1997
Dwyer, Chris correspondence, 1994-1997
Sheina, Irina, 1994-1997
Kostikov, Sergei, 1994-1998
USIA final reports, 1994-1998
Yeryomenko, Tatyana, 1994-1998,
Bulk 1995
Notes for final report on USIA project with Ryazan, 1995
Ryazan visitors, September 1995
USIA: Report of second year, 1995
Stepanov, Nikolai, 1995
Visit of Ryazan delegation to U.S. 1995
Box 4
Cronin, Kelly, 1995-1996
Participants, 1995-1996
Proposal for a publication, 1995-1996
Stepanova, Elena, 1995-1996
Suvorov, Nikolai, 1995-1996
Tucker, Jan, 1995-1996
Kolker, Jacob, 1995-1998
Prybilov, Alexander, 1995-1998
Haakenson, Paul, 1996
Informal discussion on Ryazan panel, November 1996
Kostikova, Lidia, 1996
Proposed distance learning course, Ryazan, 1996
Rogatin, Vladimir, 1996
Thompson, Deborah, 1996
Zagoruiko, Natalia, 1996
Zholudov, Michael, 1996
Dale, Beverly, 1996-1997
Gabrielson, Carolyn, 1996-1997
Gardiner, Denise, 1996-1997
IU/RSPU partnership for educational reform proposal to USIA,
1997
USIA: Sutherland, Moira, 1997
IU/RSPU partnership program: Final report, 1998
Savukova, Galina, 1998
Somova, Svetlana, 1998
Participant publications, undated
Subseries:
Box 4
International Invitational Workshop, 1997-1998
Highlights of June 9-13 workshop, 1997
Intel Proposal, 1997
Inquiries for nominations, 1997
Invitations to workshop, 1997
Budget, 1997
Housing, 1996-1997
Nominators, 1997
Participant Equipment needs, 1997
Social Activities, 1997
Summary of January 24 telephone conference, 1997
Agapova, Olga, 1997
Backler, Alan, 1997
Bailey, Karen, 1997
Becker, David, 1997
Cirillo, Nicole, 1997
Cohen, Rachel, 1997
Correspondence to participants from project staff, 1997
Dede, Chris, 1997
Friedman, Ed, 1997
International Invitational Workshop on Technology in K-12
Classrooms, 1997-1998
Interpreters: Alla and Alexei Smyslov, 1997
Kranning, Antoinette, 1997
McAuley, Sandy, 1997
Myers, Al, 1997
Ong, Lay Hong, 1997
Participant lists: Invitational workshop, 1997
Pilv, Mikhel, 1997
Rehbein, Lucio, 1997
Ryzhik, Valerii, 1997
Sendova, Jenny, 1997
Shternberg, Beba. 1997
Soto, Barbara, 1997
Travel: Participant schedule for International Invitational
Workshop, 1997
Tumblin, Elizabeth, 1997
Van Galen, Frans, 1997
Van Tienhoven, Philip, 1997
Subseries:
Box 4
Civic Education Workshop, 1998,
undated
Bennett, Christine, 1998
Bonk, Curt, 1998
Boyle-Baise, Lynne, 1998
Budget: 1998
Burello, Leonard, 1998
Eklof, Ben, 1998
Gregory, Tom, 1998
Housing, 1998
Leming, Bob, 1998
McClellan, Ed, 1998
Plucker, Jonathan, 1998
Risinger, Fred, 1998
Correspondence with instructors, 1998
Evaluations by eight Russian participants, 1998
Froumin, Isak, 1998
Greer, Susan, 1998
Lenskaia, Elena, 1998
Participant files, 1998
Reception, 1998
Weekly schedules, 1998
Biographical information for Russian participants, undated
Subseries:
Box 4
Miscellaneous programs, 1989-1999
Conference, 1989
Audiographic project status report, 1994
Wisdom Tools, June 1995-April 1998
Proposed Global Education Seminar, 1996
Proposed project with ITM, Malaysia, 1996
Harmony School, 1998
Wisdom Tools, June 1998-May 1999
Leadership Seminar, 1999