Holdings Chancellor's Office International Programs and ... Tehran Research Unit File Finding Aid Holdings Chancellor's Office International Programs and ... Tehran Research Unit File Finding Aid Title: Tehran Research Unit File, 1965-76
ID: 24/2/15
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Office of International Programs and Studies
Extent: 4.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: Alphabetical then chronological
Subjects: English Language Education, Foreign Students, International Exchange Programs, Music -- Iran - Education, Tehran Research Unit, University of Tehran
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Tehran Research Unit (TRU) files containing administrative correspondence, budgets, activity reports, advisory committee papers and MUCIA correspondence concerning the administration and funding of a unit at the University of Tehran; Illinois faculty research projects in Iran relating to education, modernization, musicology and psycholinguistics; advisory assistance to Iranian educational programs; exchange of faculty and advanced degree students and the Teaching English as a second Language internship program in Iran. Personal correspondence includes that of TRU Directors William K. Archer, (1965-71), Edward E. Sullivan, Jr., (1971-72) and C. Ernest Dawn, (1972-74). Other Principal correspondents are George Brinigar, Royden Dangerfield, Thomas McGowen, Vernon K. Zimmerman, Sharon Wolfe and Thomas Hoemeke.
The Office of International Programs and Studies (OIPS) was established by the Board of Trustees on May 24, 1962; its Director was given general responsibilities to supervise and coordinate programs, encourage instruction and research, and disseminate information.1 The office works with other administrative units, and through its own specialized units. As of 1984, OIPS administered seven units. The Center for International Comparative Studies was founded in 1964 to support faculty research "along cross-cultural... lines."2 The Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. (MUCIA), an organization to help midwestern universities coordinate and fund overseas research, was established in 1964, and the Urbana office opened the same year.3 The OIPS Committee on Publications has sponsored the publication by the University of Illinois Press of monographs in fields of international studies since 1972.4 The Office of International Faculty and Staff Affairs has supervised the "sponsoring and employing of foreign visitors and staff" since November, 1980.5 The Office of Women in International Development was formed in 1980 to promote research and to disseminate information about that area of study.6 The Study Abroad Office provides information and counseling for students who wish to study abroad.7 It was established in 1969.8 The Foreign Visitors Office dates from 1963,9 and the Overseas Projects Office from 1969.10 The two offices were merged in 1975.11 The Illinois Tehran Research Unit was organized in 1969 to coordinate research and exchange between the University of Illinois and the University of Tehran, Iran.12 The Unit was abandoned after 1979.13
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 51st Report, May 24, 1962, p. 1442-3; The Future--International Programs at the University of Illinois: A Ten-Year Glimpse. Report and recommendations of the Chancellor's Ad Hoc Committee on International Programs. May 1, 1968, p. 4. (RS: 24/2/802)
2. Ibid., p. 13.
3. International Programs and Studies, 1969-1970. University of Illinois, p. 78.
4. International Programs and Studies, 1981-84. University of Illinois, p. 106.
5. Ibid., p. 90.
6. Ibid., p. 113.
7. International Programs and Studies, 1974-1976. University of Illinois, p. 113.
8. Staff Directory, 1969/1970: University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign Campus, p. 42.
9. Staff Directory, 1963/1964: University of Illinois/Departments in Urbana-Champaign, p. xxxv.
10. Staff Directory 1969/1970, p. 42.
11. Student-Staff Directory, 1975-76: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, p. 23.
12. International Programs and Studies, 1977-80. University of Illinois, p. 100.
13. It is absent from International Programs and Studies, 1981-84, despite large writeups in the previous three publications.
English Language Education
Foreign Students
International Exchange Programs
Music -- Iran - Education
Tehran Research Unit
University of Tehran
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