Packet - "Focus on the 70s" Major Report.

Folder 1 - Church of the Brethren Education Query 1987 - 1989.

Bibliography and newspaper articles related to what is wrong in relationship to church and education.

Review of concerns and trends in education - what is needed - the church's role.

Correspondence between President Robinson and Dean of The Chicago Theological Seminary, Graydon Snyder (MC alumnus).

"Report of Local Church Ministries in Education," John Lowe, Jr. Correspondence with Jack Lowe.

"The Church, Education and the Public," Malcolm Warford, President, Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri.

President Robinson's letter to resource people  asking for assistance in gathering information about the following:

- How should the Church of the Brethren define '"excellence" and what measure should the Church take towards reaching its achievement?

- How can society and the COB in particular raise the general esteem of the teaching profession?

What values should and should not be placed within public education's domain of responsibility to teach in the socialization of our youth?

- What adjustments should be made by schools and churches to strengthen the educational process of day care preschoolers and latch-key school children?

- How can our country and the COB in particular increase the availability and attractiveness of high quality education for growing minority populations?

- What factors should the COB examine in taking positions on various alternatives to public education?

Sources for the section in Past History.

Folder 2 - Church of the Brethren Education Query 1987 - 1989.

Correspondence between President Robinson, committee members, and resource people circa 1988.

Folders 3 and 4 - 1989 Brethren Colleges Abroad Program materials :

- Letters from President Robinson to participating international students. 

- June 1989 Annual Conference Brethren Colleges Abroad Supplemental Report by Allen Deeter along with BCA Annual Conference Agenda.

- Getting students back to the U.S. after horrific events in Tiananmen Square, China, 1989. National Association for Foreign Student Affairs China Alert.

- Correspondence and memos involving the Brethren Colleges Abroad Program.

-  January 1988 BCA Mid-Year Report by Allen Deeter.

- "Educating for Global Competence: The Report of the Advisory Council for International Educational Exchange," August 1988.

- Report to the Committee on Higher Education of the Church of the Brethren of The Special Committee on Brethren Colleges Abroad (Allen Deeter, Wayne Geisert, William Robinson).

- Mid-Year BCA Report Supplement, 20 January 1989.

- Anticipating Chinese students entering the BCA program in the future.

- Involvement of Presidents of BCA colleges.

- Mid-Year BCA Report, 5 January 1989, by Allen Deeter.

- Agreements for Exchange students through BCA.

- Other BCA correspondence, reports, negotiations with Hokusei Gakuen College in Sapporo,  Japan, and other institutions, letters to international students and families, conference materials on international educational exchange.

Brethren Colleges Abroad Folders for the years 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992.

Church of the Brethren Committee on Higher Education Folders for the years 1985-1986, 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992, including CONFIDENTIAL reports to the Committee on Higher Education regarding Commencement, Enrollment, Population, Geographic Distribution, Religious Preference, etc.