A Daily Illini article from May 1968 on UIUC Chancellor Jack Peltason's descriptions of Project 500
Title
A Daily Illini article from May 1968 on UIUC Chancellor Jack Peltason's descriptions of Project 500
Subject
SEOP
Description
A May 18, 1968 Daily Illini article about one of Chancellor Jack W. Peltason’s “Chancellor’s Chats” events where he spoke about Project 500 and SEOP. Peltason painted the program as a facet of “educational reform” and said the program’s qualifications were not racial, but for disadvantaged “people who otherwise might not have this opportunity” for a college education. Peltason explained that the program would feature a high number of black students because African-Americans were disadvantaged as “a result of society's discrimination.” He also drew parallels between Project 500 and the University’s programs for the physically disabled, saying the school’s educational standards were not lowered for the physically handicapped and will not be lowered for SEOP students. Furthermore, he compared preparatory and skill-development courses for disadvantaged students to therapists the University provided for physically handicapped students saying about potential SEOP students, “You don't have to be much of a teacher to teach superbright students” and “It takes a scholar to make a scholar.”
Creator
Daily Illini
Source
University of Illinois Archives
Publisher
Illini Publishing Company
Date
May 18, 1968
Rights
University of Illinois Archives
Type
text
Original Format
PDF document
- Date Added
- April 30, 2013
- Collection
- What Were They Thinking?
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- Chancellor Peltason, Daily Illini, J.W. Peltason, Jack W. Peltason, media, Project 500
- Citation
- Daily Illini, “A Daily Illini article from May 1968 on UIUC Chancellor Jack Peltason's descriptions of Project 500,” Project 500, accessed March 28, 2024, https://project500.omeka.net/items/show/63.