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RILEEH, ca. 1966

1966-01-15 RILEEH Page 1

2nd draft, 1/15/66   390.1                    
RILEEH
Rust, Iowa, and LeMoyne for Expanding Educational Horizons

THE PLAN
    An affiliation has been formed between the University or Iowa and two predominately Negro, developing colleges in the South. The three institutions seek to identify their specific problems, to pool their common experience, and to find working solutions. They also plan to share the manpower and physical resources needed to achieve their goals. 
    The two schools involved with Iowa are Lemoyne College in Memphis and Rust College in Holy Springs, Mississippi. The acronym  RILEEH expresses the goal and spirit of their consortium, "Rust, Iowa, and Lemoyne for Expanding Educational Horizons."
     Rust and Lemoyne are 45 miles apart. Each has a student population of about 600. Both offer a 4-year curriculum in the liberal arts. Rust seeks accreditation in 1966-67, while Lemoyne enjoys a longer history of recognized achievement. One school in an urban, commuter college. The other is a residential college in a rural environment. 
      In this cooperative relationship, Rust and Lemoyne will take the initiative in clarifying their own needs and ranking their specific goals. The U. of I. offers to respond when and where help is called for. 

THE NEED
     Three areas are critical. In academic affairs the three institutions will plan for advanced faculty training, curriculum revision, fresh methods of class presentation, and the creation of a serious academic atmosphere. Graduate students acting as interns in teaching, the exchange of faculty, and the University's Graduate College might fill some needs in this area. 
     In administration and finance, the University can call on the experience of other Iowa colleges to develop appropriate ideas for record keeping, campus planning, building maintenance, purchasing, equipment inventory, food service, budget planning, student counseling and guidance. 
     In the third area, especially---student life and co-curricular campus activity---Iowa has much to learn and much to share. Student-sponsored events, cultural exchanges, dormitory living, student government, a college newspaper, and the inauguration of student union programs will require leaders from all three campuses to seek an understanding of each other's problems, share each other's experience, and translate possibility into student action on their home campus. 

THE ORIGIN AND SCOPE OF RILEEH
     The Mississippi Support Program a county-to-counry relation with Marshall County, Mississippi founded by local volunteers, lies behind the conception of RILEEH. Throughout 1963-65 the MSP group became acquainted with students and faculty at Rust College, and rendered, on a voluntary basis, some practical help. Stimulated by the imminent passage of the Higher Education Act, President Bowen appointed an Ad Hoc committee, chaired by Dean Rhoades, to explore these needs more fully. 

        In November, 1965, Dean Boyd and        Rhoades, Mr. Leonard Brcka, and Professors B. Sagen, J. Dickinson, and J. Huntley spent five days at LeMoyne and Rust talking to students, faculty, and administrators. In December and January, 1966, Presidents Smith and Price of Rust and Lemoyne brought representative faculty members from their schools to discuss specific needs and practice programs with Iowa personnel.

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2nd draft, 1/15/66 390.1 RILEEH Rust, Iowa, and LeMoyne for Expanding Educational Horizons THE PLAN An affiliation has been formed between the University or Iowa and two predominately Negro, developing colleges in the South. The three institutions seek to identify their specific problems, to pool their common experience, and to find working solutions. They also plan to share the manpower and physical resources needed to achieve their goals. The two schools involved with Iowa are Lemoyne College in Memphis and Rust College in Holy Springs, Mississippi. The acronym RILEEH expresses the goal and spirit of their consortium, "Rust, Iowa, and Lemoyne for Expanding Educational Horizons." Rust and Lemoyne are 45 miles apart. Each has a student population of about 600. Both offer a 4-year curriculum in the liberal arts. Rust seeks accreditation in 1966-67, while Lemoyne enjoys a longer history of recognized achievement. One school in an urban, commuter college. The other is a residential college in a rural environment. In this cooperative relationship, Rust and Lemoyne will take the initiative in clarifying their own needs and ranking their specific goals. The U. of I. offers to respond when and where help is called for. THE NEED Three areas are critical. In academic affairs the three institutions will plan for advanced faculty training, curriculum revision, fresh methods of class presentation, and the creation of a serious academic atmosphere. Graduate students acting as interns in teaching, the exchange of faculty, and the University's Graduate College might fill some needs in this area. In administration and finance, the University can call on the experience of other Iowa colleges to develop appropriate ideas for record keeping, campus planning, building maintenance, purchasing, equipment inventory, food service, budget planning, student counseling and guidance. In the third area, especially---student life and co-curricular campus activity---Iowa has much to learn and much to share. Student-sponsored events, cultural exchanges, dormitory living, student government, a college newspaper, and the inauguration of student union programs will require leaders from all three campuses to seek an understanding of each other's problems, share each other's experience, and translate possibility into student action on their home campus. THE ORIGIN AND SCOPE OF RILEEH The Mississippi Support Program a county-to-counry relation with Marshall County, Mississippi founded by local volunteers, lies behind the conception of RILEEH. Throughout 1963-65 the MSP group became acquainted with students and faculty at Rust College, and rendered, on a voluntary basis, some practical help. Stimulated by the imminent passage of the Higher Education Act, President Bowen appointed an Ad Hoc committee, chaired by Dean Rhoades, to explore these needs more fully. In November, 1965, Dean Boyd and Rhoades, Mr. Leonard Brcka, and Professors B. Sagen, J. Dickinson, and J. Huntley spent five days at LeMoyne and Rust talking to students, faculty, and administrators. In December and January, 1966, Presidents Smith and Price of Rust and Lemoyne brought representative faculty members from their schools to discuss specific needs and practice programs with Iowa personnel.