Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Guatemala Project Records
UA.2.9.5.9
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
- Creator
- Michigan State University. Guatemala Project.
- Title
- Guatemala Project records
- ID
- UA.2.9.5.9
- Date [inclusive]
- 1960-1968
- Extent
- 4.5 Cubic feet
- Language
- English
- Language of Materials
- Some of the records are in Spanish.
Preferred Citation note
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."
Historical Note
Michigan State University's Guatemala Project lasted from 1962 until 1965. The project was underwritten by the U.S. Agency for International Development and was administered by Michigan State University's College of Education and Office of International Studies and Programs. Dr. Richard O. Niehoff headed the program in East Lansing while Dr. Karl Hereford was the onsite coordinator in Guatemala for most of the project.
The project was located at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala and focused its attention on education in Guatemala, but it expanded to include Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico. The Instituto de Investigaciones y Mejoramiento Educativo (IIME), created to run the project, was staffed equally by representatives of MSU and the University of San Carlos.
The IIME studied the situation, diagnosed problems in the educational systems and attempted to provide leadership for the governmental agencies and universities in order to improve education in Central America. Twenty-four basic studies and nine independent studies were undertaken generating 120 manuscripts and working papers, five doctoral dissertations, and six theses.
Scope and Contents note
The majority of the material deals with administrative concerns such as the budget, contracts, details of meetings, administrative notes, documents pertaining to various organizations and correspondence. Also included in the collection are documents pertaining to the development of proposals, programs and projects. Finally, the collection contains the reports from various projects and organizations as well as publications generated from the research. An addition to the collection was made in May 2006. Much of the collection is in Spanish.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections September 1985
Conrad Hall888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu
Revision Description
May 2006
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Personnel files restricted for privacy.
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.
Conditions Governing Use note
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Michigan State University. Latin American Studies Center.
- United States. Agency for International Development.
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Instituto de Investigaciones y Mejoramiento Educativo.
- Universidad of San Carlos de Guatemala.
Genre(s)
- Letters (correspondence)
- Newsletters
- Publications
- Reports
Personal Name(s)
- Hereford, Karl T., (Karl Thomas)
- Niehoff, Richard O.
Subject(s)
- Education -- Research -- Costa Rica
- Education -- Research -- El Salvador
- Education -- Research -- Guatemala
- Education -- Research -- Honduras
- Education -- Research -- Mexico
- Education -- Research -- Nicaragua
- Education, Higher -- Developing countries
- Education, Higher -- Research -- Guatemala
Collection Inventory
Correspondence 1961-1965 |
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Box | Folder | |||
Ainsworth 1964 |
876 | 1 | ||
Agreements, MSU - San Carlos 1961-1963 |
887 | 47-49 | ||
Arias de Blois, Jorge 1963-1965 |
876 | 2 | ||
Barrientos, Guido 1962-1963 |
876 | 3 | ||
Bos, Nancy Jane 1962-1963 |
876 | 4 | ||
Byram, Harold 1962-1965 |
876 | 5 | ||
Cerezo Dardon, Hugo 1964 |
876 | 6 | ||
Contract with AID 1962-1965 |
887 | 50-56 | ||
DuFlon, Henry A. 1964 |
876 | 7 | ||
Duncan, Merlin J. 1962-1964, undated |
876 | 8 | ||
Erickson, Clifford. 1962-1963 |
876 | 9 | ||
Friedman, Burton D. 1962-1964 |
876 | 10 | ||
Friedman, Burton D. Telegrams 1964, undated |
876 | 11 | ||
General 1962-1965 |
887 | 57-67 | ||
Gonzalez, Aida 1962-1964 |
876 | 13 | ||
Guatemalan Students 1963-1964 |
876 | 13 | ||
Haires, Peter 1963-1964, undated |
876 | 14 | ||
Hecker, Stanley 1963 |
876 | 15 | ||
Hereford, Karl 1961, undated |
876 | 16 | ||
Hereford Karl 1962 |
876 | 17 | ||
Hereford, Karl 1963 |
876 | 18 | ||
Hereford, Karl 1964-1965 |
876 | 19 | ||
Hereford, Karl. Telegrams 1962, 1964, undated |
876 | 20 | ||
Hernandez, Felix 1963 |
876 | 21 | ||
Herrold, Dianne 1962-1963 |
876 | 22 | ||
Ivey, John, Jr. Dean 1962-1965, undated |
876 | 23 | ||
Jacobs, Gerald and Griden, Howard 1962-1964 |
876 | 23 | ||
Johnson, Walter F. 1963-1964 |
876 | 25 | ||
Jorden, John 1960-1965 |
876 | 26 | ||
Junta 1963 |
887 | 68-69 | ||
Ketchum, Warren A. 1962-1964 |
876 | 27 | ||
King, Richard 1965 |
876 | 28 | ||
Leavitt, Howard 1962-1965 |
876 | 29 | ||
McAlees, Daniel C. 1962-1963 |
876 | 30 | ||
MacVean, Robert 1965 |
876 | 31 | ||
Mata Gavidia, Jose 1963 |
876 | 32 | ||
Mentzer, Rosalind 1962-1964 |
876 | 33 | ||
Miller, Gregory 1963 |
876 | 34 | ||
Miscellaneous 1962-1964, 1967, undated |
876 | 35 | ||
Miscellaneous. Telegrams 1962-1964, undated |
876 | 36 | ||
Nagel, John 1964 |
876 | 37 | ||
Niehlson, Otto 1964 |
876 | 38 | ||
Niehoff, Richard O. 1962-1965, 1967, undated |
876 | 39 | ||
Niehoff, Richard O. Telegrams 1962-1964 |
876 | 40 | ||
Orr, Paul 1962-1965 |
876 | 41 | ||
Oyarzun, Luis 1964 |
876 | 42 | ||
Participants undated |
887 | 70 | ||
Picklam, Ralph A. 1963, undated |
876 | 43 | ||
Possible Candidates 1962-1965, undated |
876 | 44 | ||
Rivera Arroyo, Artemio 1962-1964, undated |
876 | 45 | ||
Roi, William H. 1964 |
876 | 46 | ||
Roller, C.H. 1964 |
876 | 47 | ||
Russell, John Dale 1963-1964 |
876 | 48 | ||
Smuckler, Ralph 1963-1964 |
876 | 49 | ||
Taggart, Glen L. Dean 1962-1964 |
876 | 50 | ||
Tierney, James F. 1965 |
876 | 51 | ||
Toth, John C. 1962-1963 |
876 | 52 | ||
U.S. Department of State Agreement 1961 |
887 | 71 | ||
Yarman, Samuel R. 1962-1964 |
876 | 53 | ||
Zuniga, Evenor 1961-1963 |
876 | 54 | ||
Restricted 1963-1964, undated |
876 | 55 | ||
Miscellaneous 1962-1964 |
876 | 56 | ||
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Office Files 1962-1967 |
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Box | Folder | |||
Budget 1962-1964 |
879 | 1 | ||
Budget, Tentative Working 1962 |
887 | 72 | ||
Calendario de Publicaciones del Instituto 1963-1964 |
887 | 73 | ||
Center for Education Research and Improvement (CIME) Background Information 1962 |
887 | 74 | ||
CIME, Establishment of 1962 |
887 | 75 | ||
Contract USAID 1962-1963 |
879 | 2 | ||
Contract USAID Format 1965 |
879 | 3 | ||
IIME Manual of Staff Personnel Policies 1962 |
887 | 76 | ||
IIME Office Procedures and Agendas 1963-1964 |
887 | 77 | ||
IIME Plan of Staff Utilization 1963-1964 |
887 | 78 | ||
IIME Referendum No. 1 1962 |
887 | 79 | ||
IIME Study Organization and Forms undated |
887 | 80 | ||
Inter-University Governing Board, Meeting of 1963 |
887 | 81 | ||
Junta, East Lansing 1962-1963 |
887 | 82 | ||
Junta, Guatemala, Meeting Minutes 1962 |
887 | 83 | ||
Meetings. First Central American Regional Conference on Statistics and Scholastic Records 1964 |
879 | 4 | ||
Meetings. First Regional Conference on the Preparation of Secondary School Teachers 1963 |
879 | 5 | ||
Meetings. Junta 1962-1963 |
879 | 6 | ||
Meetings. Second Central American Conference on the Preparation of Mid-Leve Teachers 1963-1964 |
879 | 7 | ||
Meetings. Second Semi-Annual of the Inter-university Governing Board 1963 |
879 | 8 | ||
Meetings. Visit of Deans Cerezo and Gavidia 1963 |
879 | 9 | ||
Notebook. Comision de Observacion y Estudio de Profesores (Commission to observe and study the preparation of Secondary School Teachers) 1963 |
879 | 10 | ||
Notebook. Contract 1962 |
879 | 11 | ||
Notebook. Meeting. First Regional Conference on the Preparation of Secondary School Teachers in Central America 1963 |
879 | 12 | ||
Notebook. Meeting. Fourth Semi-Annual Meeting of the Inter-university Governing Board 1964 |
879 | 13 | ||
Notebook. Niehoff, Richard O. 1964, 1967 |
879 | 14 | ||
Notebook. A Program of Educational Research in Central America 1962 |
879 | 15 | ||
Notebook. A Proposal to Support IIME During 1964-1967 1964 |
879 | 16 | ||
Notebook. Report. IIME Evaluation 1965 |
879 | 17 | ||
Notebook. IIME Program 1963 |
879 | 18 | ||
Notebook. Report of the Secondary Division 1964 |
879 | 19 | ||
Organization. CSUCA 1962-1964 |
879 | 20 | ||
Organization. IIME 1967 |
879 | 21 | ||
Organization. Lansing Storage Company and Similar Companies 1962-1963 |
879 | 22 | ||
Organization. REPAS 1962 |
879 | 23 | ||
Organization. ROCAP 1963-1964 |
879 | 24 | ||
Organization. USAID 1963-1964 |
879 | 25 | ||
Organization. USCG 1962-1965, undated |
879 | 26 | ||
Organization. University of Pittsburgh 1963 |
879 | 27 | ||
Presupuesto del IIME 1964 |
887 | 84 | ||
Program. Educational Research in Central America 1962 |
879 | 28 | ||
Program. Inter-University Program. Summary of Agreements Procedures 1962 |
879 | 29 | ||
Program. Pilot Program of Study and Development between the USCG and USAID undated |
879 | 30 | ||
Program. Programma de Servicios Futuror del IIME (Program of Future Services of the IIME) 1964 |
879 | 31 | ||
Program. Programa Interuniversitario. Coordination Procedures: Campus and Project 1963 |
879 | 31 | ||
Project. Projecto di un Estudio de Investigacion Longitudinal des Desarrollo Fisico y Mental del Nino y el Adolescente en Guatemala y Centro America (Project to Conduct a Longitudinal Investigation on the Physical and Mental Development of Children and Acolescents in Guatemala and Central America) 1962 |
879 | 33 | ||
Project. Projecto de Investigacion y Centro d Psicologia Aplicada (Research and Center of Applied Psychology) 1962 |
879 | 34 | ||
Project. Projecto Para el Planeamiento y Operaciones del IIU (Project for the Planning and Operationalization of IIU) 1963 |
879 | 35 | ||
Project. Projecto de Estatutos de le Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Statutes project of the del Valle University of Guatemala) 1965 |
879 | 36 | ||
Proposal. Education as Agent of Social and Technological Change 1960 |
879 | 37 | ||
Proposal. For the Development of Educational Research in Latin America 1961 |
879 | 38 | ||
Proposal. To Prepare 20 Central American Educators for Leadership in Educational Planning and Development 1963 |
879 | 39 | ||
Proposal. Propuesta para prorrogar durante seis meses el costo del Programma interuniversitario del IIME (Proposal to prorate the costs of the Interuniversity Program of the IIME for 6 months) 1964 |
879 | 40 | ||
Proposal. To Support IIME During 1964-1969 1964 |
879 | 41 | ||
Staff Members, Short Term 1963 |
887 | 85 | ||
Reports and Publications 1960-1968 |
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Box | Folder | |||
Actividades Relacionadas del IIME 1963 |
887 | 11-14 | ||
Acuerdo No. 6: Nuevos Estatutos de IIME undated |
887 | 15 | ||
La Administracion Publica de la Educacion en Centro America (The Public Administration of Education in Central America) 1965 |
887 | 1 | ||
Administration and Organization of IIME 1963 |
887 | 16 | ||
Case Study: Academic Progress of University Students 1963 |
887 | 5 | ||
CIME Report 1962 |
887 | 17 | ||
Central America and Its Common Market 1962 |
887 | 18 | ||
The Commission of Observation and Study undated |
887 | 19 | ||
Declaracione y Recommendaciones (Findings and Recommendations) 1963 |
887 | 2 | ||
La Desercion Estudiantil en la Universidad de Costa Rica (Student Desertion in the University of Costa Rica) 1964 |
887 | 6 | ||
Developmental Stages USCG 1963 |
887 | 20 | ||
La Educacion Comercial in Centro America (Business Education in Central America). 1964 |
887 | 7 | ||
La Educacion Industrial en Centro America (Industrial Education in Central America) 1965 |
887 | 10 | ||
Exposition Made by Members of the Local Junta, to the Director and Co-director of the IIME undated |
887 | 21 | ||
Formacion de Personal Para la Ensenanza Media: Estimaciones de Costos (Preparation of Mid-Level Educational Personnel: Estimation of Costs) 1964 |
887 | 8 | ||
Formacion de Profesores de Educacion Media (Preparation of Teachers of Mid-Level Education) 1963 |
887 | 3 | ||
Guatemala Project Rough Draft 1962-1964 |
887 | 22 | ||
IIME Newsletter 1963 |
887 | 23 | ||
IIME Report. Accomplishments to Date 1964 |
884 | 1 | ||
IIME Report. Actividades Relacionadas del IIME (Activities Related to IIME) 1962 |
884 | 2 | ||
IIME Report. Evaluation. Carbon 1965 |
884 | 3 | ||
IIME Report. Evaluation Ditto 1965 |
884 | 4 | ||
IIME Report. Evaluation. Typed 1965 |
884 | 5 | ||
IIME Report. Evaluation Miscellaneous undated |
884 | 6 | ||
IIME Report. Final 1964 |
884 | 7 | ||
IIME Report. History 1965, undated |
884 | 8 | ||
IIME Report. Progress 1963-1964 |
884 | 9 | ||
IIME Report.. Informes de las Labores Realizades en el IIME al CSUCA (Report on the Work Accomplished in the IIME to CSUCA) 1963 |
884 | 10 | ||
Miscellaneous. Mailing Lists undated |
884 | 11 | ||
Miscellaneous. Newsletters 1963-1964 |
884 | 12 | ||
Miscellaneous. Newspaper Articles 1965, 1968, undated |
884 | 12 | ||
Miscellaneous. Notes undated |
884 | 14 | ||
Miscellaneous. Personnel Manual Programa Interuniversitario undated |
884 | 15 | ||
Interuniversitario undated |
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Box | Folder | |||
Miscellaneous. Questionnaire. Estudios de Educacion Superior (Study of Higher Education) undated |
884 | 16 | ||
Miscellaneous. Questionnaire. Secondary Education undated |
884 | 17 | ||
Miscellaneous. Questionnaire. Projecto de Educacion Especial y Rehabilitacion (Special Education and Rehabilitation Project) undated |
884 | 18 | ||
Miscellaneous. Questionnaire. Others 1961-1963 |
884 | 19 | ||
Miscellaneous. Response to Students Inquiry of M.S.U. Guatemala Project undated |
884 | 20 | ||
Necesidades de Personal en la Educacion Media (Needs of Mid-Level Education Personnel) 1963 |
887 | 4 | ||
Pilot Program of Study and Development at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala 1963 |
887 | 24 | ||
Plan de Castos Publicos para la Educacion en Centro America (Estimate of Public Cost for Education in Central America) 1964 |
887 | 9 | ||
Program of Educational Research in Central America 1962 |
887 | 25 | ||
Programa Interuniversitario, Final Report. 1962-1964 1962-1964 |
887 | 26 | ||
Progress Report 1964 |
887 | 27 | ||
Progress Report, Junta 1963 |
887 | 28 | ||
Progress Report, Studies of Higher Education 1964 |
887 | 29 | ||
Project for the Establishment of the "University Integration Institute" at the University of San Carlos undated |
887 | 30 | ||
Proposal to AID to Support IIME During 1964-1969 |
887 | 31 | ||
Proposal for Graduate Program Development and Student Exchange in the U.S. and Latin America 1962 |
887 | 32 | ||
Proposal to Establish in Central America a Permanent Training Research and Planning Assistance Institute for Development of Education 1964 |
887 | 33 | ||
Proyeccion del Costo Regional de la Education en Centro America (1965-1980) 1961 |
887 | 34 | ||
Proyecciones Estadisticas de las Necesidades an la Docencia Media en Centroamaerica 1963 |
887 | 35 | ||
Public Administration of Education in Central America 1964 |
887 | 36 | ||
Publication. CSUCA. Newsletter 1964 |
884 | 21 | ||
Publication. Recursos humanos en Centro America (Human Resources in Central America) 1963 |
884 | 22 | ||
Publication. CSUCA. Tercero Censo de les Poblacion Universitario Centro Americana (Third Census of the Central American University Population) 1963 |
884 | 23 | ||
Publication. IIME. Apreciaciones y Criterios Sobre la Universidad (Evaluation of the University) undated |
884 | 24 | ||
Publication. IIME. Business Education 1963-1964 |
884 | 25 | ||
Publication. Caracteristicas Profesionales del Personal Tecnico de los Ministerios de Educacion en Centro America (Professional Characteristics of the Technical Staff of the Ministeries of Education in Central America) 1966 |
884 | 26 | ||
Publication. IIME. Elementary Education 1964-1965 |
884 | 27 | ||
Publication. Final Report 1964-1965 |
884 | 28 | ||
Publication. Industrial Education 1964 |
884 | 29 | ||
Publication. Mid-Level Education 1964 |
884 | 30 | ||
Publication. A Plan of Public Expenditure in Central America 1964 |
884 | 31 | ||
Publication. IIME. Secondary Education 1963-1964, undated |
884 | 32 | ||
Publication. Teacher Preparation Programs 1963 |
884 | 33 | ||
Publication. Vocational Industrial Education in Central America 1963 |
884 | 34 | ||
Publication. UN. The Indian Economic Development Service of Guatemala 1960 |
884 | 35 | ||
Publication. UN. Some Demographic and Economic Aspects of Central American Education 1965 |
884 | 37 | ||
Publication. USCG. Boletin Estadistica Universitaria (University Statistical Bulletin) 1962 |
884 | 37 | ||
Publication. USCG Catalogo de Estudios (Course Catalog) 1963 |
884 | 38 | ||
Reglamento del Instituto de Investigaciones y Mejoramiento Educativo Aprobado por el Consejo Superior Universitario, de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala 1965 |
887 | 37 | ||
Resolution by which IIME is granted the Status of Regional Institute 1962 |
887 | 38 | ||
Results of Studies, Preparation of Secondary School Personnel in Central America 1964 |
887 | 39 | ||
Self Study, University of San Carlos 1963 |
887 | 40 | ||
Studies of Education in Central America: A Plan for Public Expenditure for Education in Central America 1964 |
887 | 41 | ||
Summary of IIME's Work to Date and Projections for the Future 1964 |
887 | 42 | ||
Summary of Washington Conference on IIME 1963 |
887 | 43 | ||
Unified Plan for the University of Costa Rica 1963 |
887 | 44-45 | ||
Washington Conference on IIME, Responses 1963 |
887 | 46 | ||
Personnel Files 1961-1968 |
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Box | Folder | |||
Friedman, Burton 1962-1964 |
876 | 56 | ||
Haines, Peter G. 1963 |
876 | 57 | ||
Harvey, Connie 1961-1963 |
876 | 58 | ||
Hecker, Stanley 1963 |
876 | 59 | ||
Hereford, Karl 1962-1964 |
876 | 60 | ||
Johnson, Walter F. 1963 |
876 | 61 | ||
Jordan, John 1961-1962 |
876 | 62 | ||
McAlees, Daniel 1961-1962 |
876 | 63 | ||
Mentzer, Rosalind B. 1963 |
876 | 64 | ||
Miller, Gregory 1963 |
876 | 65 | ||
Niehoff, Richard O. 1962-1963 |
876 | 66 | ||
Orr, Paul 1962-1964 |
876 | 67 | ||
Peckham, Ralf A. 1963 |
876 | 68 | ||
Pollman, Mary 1963-1964 |
876 | 69 | ||
Roe, William H. 1963 |
876 | 70 | ||
Toth, John 1961-1962 |
876 | 71 | ||
Addition to the Guatemala Project Records |
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Box | Folder | |||
Budgetary 1962-1964 |
2022H | 1 | ||
La Comision de Observacion y Estudio undated |
2022H | 2 | ||
Contracts and Budgets 1962-1964 |
2022H | 3 | ||
Correspondence 1963-1964 |
2022H | 4 | ||
Instituto de Investigaciones Y Mejoramiento Educativo (IIME) 1962-1964 |
2022H | 5 | ||
IIME Accomplishments to Date September 1964 |
2022H | 6 | ||
IIME-History and Report on Activities June 1963 |
2022H | 7 | ||
IIME's Relationship with Government May 13, 1964 |
2022H | 8 | ||
Manual of Staff and Personnel Policies undated |
2022H | 9 | ||
Memoranda November 1963 - July 1964 |
2022H | 10 | ||
Newsletter October 17, 1963 |
2022H | 11 | ||
Office Files 1962-1965, undated |
2022H | 12-13 | ||
Possible Press Release June 1964 |
2022H | 14 | ||
Preparation of Secondary School Personnel in Central America March 30-31, 1964 |
2022H | 15 | ||
Programa de Actividades y Publicaciones December 1963 - June 1964 |
2022H | 16 | ||
Programa Interuniversitario July 1, 1962 - December 31, 1962 |
2022H | 17 | ||
Programa Interunivresitario January 1963 - June 1963 |
2022H | 18 | ||
Proposal to Prepare Twenty Central American Educators for Leadership in Education Planning and Development August 30, 1963 |
2022H | 19 | ||
Publication Policy and Procedures undated |
2022H | 20 | ||
Teachers are Needed: IIME Central American Plan 1964 |
2022H | 21 | ||
Reports |
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Box | Folder | |||
Appendix A: IIME Staff, The Preparation of Personnel for Secondary Education, Plan of Action 1964 |
2022H | 22 | ||
Cost of Preparing Secondary School Personnel in Central America March 30, 1964 |
2022H | 23 | ||
Declaraciones de la Segunda Confreencia Centro Americana Sobre la Formacion de Profesores de Enseñanza Media 1964 |
2022H | 24 | ||
Exhibit II: IIME and the Improvement of Education in Central America March 30, 1964 |
2022H | 25 | ||
Exhibit III: Description of Personnel Assignments May 15, 1964 |
2022H | 26 | ||
Final Report-Programa Interuniversitario June 1962 - September 1964 |
2022H | 27 | ||
Preparation of Secondary School Personnel in Central America March 30-31, 1964 |
2022H | 28 | ||
The Production of Secondary School Personnel: Projected Costs 1964 |
2022H | 29 | ||
Secondary Education Report undated |
2036H | 1-2 | ||
Studies of Higher Education: Progress Report with Preliminary Data March 30, 1964 |
2036H | 3 | ||
Publications |
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Box | Folder | |||
Academic Progress of University Students: University of San Carlos of Guatemala, 1963. A Case Study 1964 |
2036H | 4 | ||
Instituto de Investigaciones y Mejoramiento Educativo undated |
2036H | 5 | ||
Plan of Public Expenditure for Education in Central America 1964 |
2036H | 6 | ||
The Production of Secondary School Personnel: Projected Costs 1964 |
2036H | 7 | ||
The Public Administration of Education in Central America 1964 |
2036H | 8 | ||
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