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RILEEH, ca. 1966

1966-07-26 Special To Michigan State University"" Page 2

Special to Michigan State University -- 2

The story behind RILEEH might also be called "What to do Until Title II Arrives," for the program of cooperation between the main resource - the University - and the recipients, will depend heavily upon federal funds granted under Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
The two Negro colleges, each enrolling about 600 students, have submitted proposals to the U.S Office of Education, naming The University of Iowa as the cooperating institution for federal assistance under Title III which provides aid to developing institutions for cooperative program in college administration, instruction and student life. 
Eugene Spaziani, an associate professor of ecology at Iowa, who is co-chairman of the RILEEH steering committee, says the most urgent need is for Iowa faculty members to relieve faculty personnel at Rust and LeMoyne so that they might continue graduate studies. 
The advantages of exchange teaching are not ll one-way: both environments offer rich opportunities for study, field work, and research, as well as for pioneering and personal growth. 
The basic needs of both the Negro institutions are somewhat similar. Three critical areas of need outlined by an ad hoc committee are: academic affairs, administration and finance, and student life and co-curricular campus activities. 
Members of the ad hoc group and of the RILEEH delegation found, during their visit last February to the two colleges, antiquated classroom and administration buildings, scanty menus in the resident college dining hall, repetitive and limited curricula, and complete lack of cultural opportunities: no Union Board Program, no art shoes, and no one who has lived outside this restricted environment to help the students create goals and aspirations to give them the incentive to strive for something more than minimal living standards. 

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Special to Michigan State University -- 2 The story behind RILEEH might also be called "What to do Until Title II Arrives," for the program of cooperation between the main resource - the University - and the recipients, will depend heavily upon federal funds granted under Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The two Negro colleges, each enrolling about 600 students, have submitted proposals to the U.S Office of Education, naming The University of Iowa as the cooperating institution for federal assistance under Title III which provides aid to developing institutions for cooperative program in college administration, instruction and student life. Eugene Spaziani, an associate professor of ecology at Iowa, who is co-chairman of the RILEEH steering committee, says the most urgent need is for Iowa faculty members to relieve faculty personnel at Rust and LeMoyne so that they might continue graduate studies. The advantages of exchange teaching are not ll one-way: both environments offer rich opportunities for study, field work, and research, as well as for pioneering and personal growth. The basic needs of both the Negro institutions are somewhat similar. Three critical areas of need outlined by an ad hoc committee are: academic affairs, administration and finance, and student life and co-curricular campus activities. Members of the ad hoc group and of the RILEEH delegation found, during their visit last February to the two colleges, antiquated classroom and administration buildings, scanty menus in the resident college dining hall, repetitive and limited curricula, and complete lack of cultural opportunities: no Union Board Program, no art shoes, and no one who has lived outside this restricted environment to help the students create goals and aspirations to give them the incentive to strive for something more than minimal living standards. (more)