Eastern Michigan University Archives

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Summary Information

Historical Note

Scope and Contents note

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

General Information

Reports

Summary Information

Repository

Eastern Michigan University Archives

Title

Enrollment records

ID

00.E

Date [inclusive]

1914-2010

Extent

3.0 Linear feet 1 record center carton, 5 archive boxes

Language

English

Abstract

The Enrollment records documents enrollment at Eastern Michigan University. Materials are arranged chronologically and include reports, statistics, and newspaper clippings pertaining to enrollment at Michigan State Normal College, Eastern Michigan College, and Eastern Michigan University from 1914-2011. The collection is arranged into two series:  General Information including enrollment numbers, and newspaper clippings, and  Reports which includes the annual enrollment report, corporate reports, State of Michigan reports, and the Department of Education report. The collection is not a complete record of enrollment at the University, with documentation missing from the 1946-1948, and 1950-1953. There are no reports prior to 1974 in the collection.

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Historical Note

Established by the State of Michigan in 1849, Eastern Michigan University opened its doors as the Michigan State Normal School in 1853. Michigan State Normal School was the first teachers' training school west of the Allegheny Mountains and initially taught students at a basic secondary level, instructing them in teaching methods and material to cover at a variety of levels.

In 1899, Michigan State Normal School changed its name to Michigan State Normal College. Professor Richard Gause Boone lobbied to establish Normal as four-year college, rather than a secondary school. Normal entered the twentieth century as Michigan's premier teacher training school and had become the first teacher training school in the United States to have a four-year degree program.

Between 1900 and 1950, at least 20 buildings were built on campus and by 1939, students, for the first time, were living in dorms on campus instead of in boarding houses off campus. During this period, the University added a number of programs to its expanding curriculum. In 1901, Normal was the first school in Michigan to offer an industrial arts program. The school was also the first in the nation to offer a program to train teachers of the disabled, starting in 1915. In 1940, it was the first teacher training school to offer a program in library services. During the years of World War II, the school trained soldiers for the military as well as civilian students.

In 1956, the school became known as Eastern Michigan College. Three years later, the school gained the status of a university by formally establishing the Graduate School (graduate classes had been offered since 1939) and changed its name again, for the final time, to Eastern Michigan University. The new names not only demonstrated that the school had become a university, but also broadened the emphasis of the school from teacher training to a wider range of baccalaureate programs. In 1959, the university established the College of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences as two separate entities.

From 1950 to the present, nearly 30 new buildings have been constructed and many more renovated to meet the needs of the institution. New dormitories and classroom buildings provide for the needs of new students.

Today, Eastern offers a range of programs of study in a number of areas, including Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health and Human Services, and Technology. In 2011, more than 23,000 students from around the world attend EMU.

Borrowed from A Brief History of EMU "http://www.emich.edu/walkingtour/hist.htm"

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Scope and Contents note

The collection of Enrollment records contains information pertaining to Enrollment at Eastern Michigan University. The records span from 1914 until 2011 when Eastern Michigan University was known as Michigan State Normal College. The collection is arranged into two series:  General Information and  Reports.

The General Information series contains newspaper clippings pertaining to University enrollment, statistical information about enrollment and correspondence. This series is an almost complete record of enrollment at the University with the exception of the years 1946-1948, and 1950-1953. The  Reports series includes the annual enrollment report, corporate reports, State of Michigan reports, and the Department of Education report. The reports date from 1971-2010.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Eastern Michigan University Archives

Halle Library, Room 310
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
734-487-0020

Conditions Governing Access note

Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the the University Archives.

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Controlled Access Headings

Subject(s)

• Eastern Michigan University. Center for Community Education
• Eastern Michigan University. College of Education
• Michigan State Normal College
• School enrollment
• Students

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Collection Inventory

General Information
1914-1945      Box Folder Text (32307023991657)   1 1-7     Box Folder Text (32307023991665)   2 1-2
1949      Box Folder Text (32307023991665)   2 2
1954-2011      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 1-2     Box Folder Text (32307023991673)   3 1-7     Box Folder Text (32307023991665)   2 3-6
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Reports
Final Report of Ad Hoc Committee on Enrollment and Retention 1974 July      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 3
A Plan to Involve the Division of Academic Affairs in Stabilizing Enrollments at Eastern Michigan University 1979 September       Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 4
1971-1980      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 5
1980-1981      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 6
1981-1982      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 7
1982-1983      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 8
1983-1984      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 9
Opening Term Enrollment Fall 1984      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 10
Undergraduate and Graduate Enrollments by College, Department, and Major Open Fall Term 1979-1984      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 11
1985 Fall      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 12
Pathways to the 1990s: An Enrollment Strategic Marketing Plan for Eastern Michigan University 1986 May       Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 13
Pathways to the 1990s: An Enrollment Strategic Marketing Plan for Eastern Michigan University, Abridged Version 1986 May       Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 14
Opening Term Enrollment 1986 Fall       Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 15
Corporate Report: Fall Admissions Enrollment Data 1986 September 8      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 16
Corporate Report: Fall Admissions Enrollment Data 1986 November 13      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 17
1985-1986      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 18
1986-1987      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 19
Corporate Report: Fall Admissions Enrollment Data 1987 January 12       Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 20
Goal Corporate Report: Fall Admissions Enrollment 1987 April 13      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 21
1987-1988      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 22
State of Michigan 1989-1990      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 23
1989-1990      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 24
Response to Annual Enrollment Plan 1988 October 25      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 25
Pathways through the 1990s: Enrollment Strategic Marketing Plan for Eastern Michigan University 1989 Fall      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 26
State of Michigan 1990-1991      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 27
Strategically Bridging the Demographic Gap: Enrollment Strategic Marketing Plan      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 28
1990-1991      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 29
State 1991-1992      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 30
1991-1992      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 31
Study of Michigan Public University Enrollment Patterns 1992 July       Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 32
1992-1993      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 33
State Enrollment Report 1993-1994      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 34
Strategically Bridging the Demographic Gap 1993-1995      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 35
1993-1994      Box Folder Text (32307023991681)   4 36
Marketing Strategies: Increasing Enrollment 1994 October       Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 1
1994-1995      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 2
1994-1995      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 3
Department of Education 1995-1996      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 4
Plan 1995-1996      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 5
ACT Class Profile Reserach Service Report 1996-1997      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 6
State 1996-1997      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 7
Plan 1996-1997      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 8
Plan 1997-1998      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 9
1997-1998      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 10
Department of Education 1997-1998      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 11
Plan 1998-1999      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 12
Department of Education 1998-1999      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 13
ACT Class Profile Service Report 1998-1999      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 14
Survey of Enrollment in Michigan Public Universities 1988-1998      Box Folder Text (32307023991699)   5 15
Department of Education Reports 1999-2000      Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 1
Plan 1999-2000      Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 2
Plan Update September       Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 3
Enrollment Strategic Marketing Plan 2000-2005 July       Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 4
Department of Education 2000-2001      Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 5
Plan 2000-2001      Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 6
Department of Education Reports 2001      Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 7
Plan 2001-2002      Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 8
The Frist Year Survey 2004      Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 9
The American Freshman 2004-2005      Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 10-11
2010      Box Folder Text (632307023991707)   6 12
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