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The Quality of Life Project combined statistics with subjective reports (through questionnaires and interviews) for eight cities: Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Decatur, East St. Louis, Peoria, Rockford, Rock Island-Moline, and Springfield.

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The Center for the Study of Middle Size Cities designed and implemented this study under the sponsorship of the American Association of University Women to identify attitudes of citizens of District #186 toward the public school system. The survey records include interview and screening materials. Working papers are boxed. Findings (computer printouts) are shelved unboxed with working papers.

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Records of the Human Resource Inventory Project include planning papers, code books, correspondence, questionnaires, drafts and final reports, and reference reports.

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These are the planning papers and the preliminary data from an unfunded project on Quality of Life Among the Aging. Included are letters, memos, a bibliography on aging, census statistics on aging for Springfield from 1900 to 1970, characteristics of Older Persons in Ilinois, and information about Senior Citizens Commission of Springfield, Senior Citizens of Sangamon County (including the White Cottage of Springfield), and other materials.

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Newspaper clippings of the Center arranged by city and topic. The cities covered are Decatur, Peoria and Springfield (including the Ice Storm of March/April 1978), Illinois. Included are some stories about Morton, Illinois and Richland Community College. Topics include a wide range of community concerns: city government, schools, housing, public health, water quality, development, taxes, police/crime, zoning, and others.

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The Center for Community & Regional Studies evolved from the CSMSC. The latter generated these records that document student employment, graduate assistantship program, & Legislative Government Internship Program information. Also included are regional research studies pertaining to hospitals, the airport study, crime, mobile home living and quality of life.

Scope and Contents The Center for the Study of Middle Size Cities, administratively located in the Organization and Management Cluster, was organized in 1973. In 1986 it became the Center for Community & Regional Studies, located in the School of Public Affairs and Administration. In 1988 it became the Center for Enrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, located in the School of Business and Management. Documents in this series predating 1988, no matter how prevalent to CEED, were generated by its...

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Student files of the Administration Program including Business, Educational, Public and Health Services Administration arenas. Files include correspondence, graduation reports, transcripts, and other materials for program advisees and graduates.

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Prior to 1980 every graduating student at UIS was required to submit a Graduation Report to his advisor 30 days before the end of the student's final term. This applied to undergraduate and graduate students. The reports consisted of a self assessment and demonstration of the student's academic achievement and communication skills. Teacher evaluations are also included in some reports.

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Prior to 1980 every graduating student at UIS was required to submit a Graduation Report to his advisor 30 days before the end of the students final term. This applied to undergraduate and graduate students. The reports consisted of a self assessment and demonstration of the students academic achievement and communication skills. Teacher evaluations are also included in some reports.