Educational Opportunities Program File | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Special Education Opportunity Program File of an office established to deal with the problems of minority students, including housing, social problems, financial problems and educational problems. The program involved the cooperation of other departments of the university by tuition grants and organizing special classes for minority students. It also included activities organized by minority students, conferences, meetings and seminars conducted at the local and national levels. The file includes correspondence, field trips, newsletters, media coverage, tutoring, recruitment, entrance examinations, medical data, EOP workshops and programs, administration of the program, information booklets, equal opportunity programs, advising and program evaluation.