Manuel Pierson came to Oakland University in 1965 as chief counselor for Upward Bound. He had previously been a high school teacher and counselor in Covert, Michigan.
Two years later he became Associate Director of Upward Bound and in 1971 he was appointed Dean of Student Services. This appointment corresponded to the university’s re-organization of services in support of academically unprepared students. Upward Bound had started in 1966 at Oakland, followed by Project 20 in 1967. Originally, support for such students was placed in the Division of Student Affairs. In 1970, however, Oakland took advantage of newly created federal grants, securing the largest grant in Michigan. The Department of Special Programs was then set up in the Office of Student Services.
Dr. Manuel Pierson led the efforts to promote campus equality and diversity until his retirement in 1993.
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Manuel Pierson Personal Papers
Curriculum Vita
Class materials for exploratory taught in 1969
Miscellaneous documents
Personal correspondence
Speeches, writings, essays, etc.
Student Affairs, Administrative files
Memos, correspondence. 1967-1992. 13 folders
Memos, correspondence -- All university notices
Memos, correspondence -- Business office
Policies
Reports (Annual report for 1976-77)
President’s Administrative Group
Planning documents. 1972-1978. 19 folders
Student Affairs, Subject files
Campus activism
Campus Issues Committee
Collective bargaining - OU faculty, 1971 Strike. 2 folders
Commission on Student Life
Commuters
Complaints
Dean for Student Life candidates
Degree audit system
Drug abuse
Education Reform Commission 1970-71. 3 folders
English Composition Proficiency Standards
Entry Year - Interdivisional Study Commission. 1979
Evening College Advisory Committee
Freshman Year program
Graduate and professional opportunities program
Higher education
Instructional Services Office proposal. 1970
Programming Committee
Psychological emergencies procedures
Public safety
Registrar
Student correspondence*
Student elections
Student handbook
Student housing
Student life organizational chart, 1975?
Student organizations
Student records
Student rights.
Vietnam War moratorium
Student Affairs, Minorities
Affirmative action
Affirmative Action Committee
Affirmative Action Title IX
African Americans
Association of Black Students
Black Collective
Black faculty and staff
Black Issues Committee
Black Liberation Caucus
Black Student Leadership Workshop
Black United Front
Joe Green
Local community (Pontiac and others)
Oakland People Against Racism (OPAR)
Race relations (memos, letters) *
St. Clair Inn Workshop, 1974
South Africa
Council on Prejudice and Discrimination
Equal Access for Minority Students at Oakland University: a Report.
Equal Opportunity.
Equal Opportunity Center (proposed)
Human Relations Council
Latinos
Michigan Civil Rights Commission
Minority Equity, Office of (Michigan)
Minority student enrollment
News clippings
Nursing for disadvantaged students
Outreach
Women: A report on the status of women at Oakland University, 1971
Miscellaneous documents, articles, reprints (3 folders)
Student Services, Administrative files
Memos, correspondence. 1968-1988. 14 folders
Memos, correspondence -- Office of the President. 1960-1978. 3 folders
Memos, correspondence -- Office of the Provost. 1968-80
Manuals
Reports. 2 folders
Task Force
News, publicity
News clippings
Newsletter. 2 issues, 1977 & 1980
Student Services, Proposals
Allied Health Minority Recruitment
Black Consortium of Metropolitan Detroit
Cooperative Venture Between OU and the Neighborhood Youth Corps
Forward Bound
Health Careers for Minority Students: Operation Achieve (2 folders)
Med Start
Minority Outreach Thrust
Retention
Talent Search
TRIO (5 folders)
University Services
Upward Bound (14 folders)
Student Services, Subject Files
Academic Skill Center. SEE Skill Development Center
Academic Standing and Honors Committee (3 folders)
Admissions and Financial Aid. 3 folders. SEE ALSO Financial Aid
Administrative Professionals. 2 folders
Advising. 11 folders
Associated Study Committee
BGS Program
Career Advising and Placement
Career Advising and Placement Calendars
Career Conversations. Newsletter
Career education
Co-op programs. 5 folders
Handbooks
Internship programs. 2 folders
Memos. 2 folders
Memos. 2 folders
News clippings
Placement Office
Recruiters on Campus
Career Opportunities Program
Community Service Program
Detroit Youth Foundation
Financial Aid
Administrative Financial Aid Committee
Financial Aid Task Force. Memos & report. 1974-5. 3 folders
Financial Aid Information Booklet
Memos. 1969-1986. 4 folders
Financial Aid Programs
Black Scholarship Program (Natl. Scholarship Fund for Negro Students)
Cotillion Club of Detroit Scholarship (4 folders)
Herbert Heidenreich Mexican American Scholarship Fund
Wade McCree Incentive Scholarships
King - Parks - Chavez Program. 3 folders.
King Parks Chavez Program. 11 folders
Foreign Student Information
Martin Luther King High School (Detroit) Agreement: Math, Science Technology Program
Pontiac Oakland Educational Assistance Team
Pre-medicine
Skill Development Center (Academic Support Center) 3 folders
Special Programs. Memos. 3 folders
Special Programs. Newsletters
Special Programs. Reports
Special Projects
Student Special Services. 6 folders
Summer Programs Committee
Summer Support. 2 folders. SEE ALSO Upward Bound
Upward Bound Administrative files
Advisory Committee. 2 folders
Handbook
Meetings
Memos. 1966-1990s. 10 folders
Memos to parents
Memos to students
Program evaluation. 4 folders
Reports and audits. 4 folders
Upward Bound Publications
Descriptions of the program. 2 folders
Brochures
Newsletters
News Clippings
Upward Bound. Curriculum
Book lists
Curricular materials
Curriculum Committee
Schedules of classes
Upward Bound. Events
Events, lectures, conferences, etc.
Colloquium on the Legal Rights and Duties of Youth, 1967
Colloquium on Youth, 1970
10th Anniversary
20th Anniversary
25th Anniversary
Trip to Chicago
Upward Bound Day, Wayne State University, 1970.
Upward Bound Subject Files
ACT
Budget
Conferences
Counseling
Gifts
Grant administration
Housing
Oakland County Commission of Equal Opportunity Grant
Pre-college Programs Task Force
Skills Assessment
Staff
Student Advisory Council
Student achievement
Student certificates
Student evaluations. 2 folders
Student health
Student rosters
Study Skills
Upward Bound Club Notes
Volunteer programs
Upward Bound. Special Programs
Cadet Engineering Program. 3 folders
Cranbrook School.
Fine Arts Institute. 4 folders
Forward Bound
Neighborhood Youth Corps.
Project Challenge
Project Motivation
Project Pontiac. 2 folders
Project Rebound
Project 20. 17 folders
TRIO Advisory Committee. 8 folders
Talent Search Program
Urban Affairs Center. 6 folders
Veterans Affairs. 10 folders
Student Services, Off Campus Organizations
American Association for Higher Education
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
American College Personnel Association. 5 folders
American Council on Education
American Personnel and Guidance Association
Conference on the Disadvantaged. 1970
Educational Projects, Inc. / Educational Associates, Inc. [Upward Bound consultants]. 2 folders
Educational Opportunity Programs: Univ. of Iowa Training Institute. 2 folders
Educational Opportunity Programs: Marquette University
Equality of Access to Higher Education Task Force / Michigan Dept. of Education. 3 folders
Higher Education Opportunities Committee
Michigan College Personnel Association
Michigan Council of Equal Opportunity Programs
Michigan. State Board of Education.
Mid-American Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel. 3 folders
Mid-America Training Center for Developmental Education
National Association of Secondary School Principals. 2 folders
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. (NASPA) 2 folders National Coordinating Council for Education Opportunity
National Orientation Directors’ Conference, 1972
National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students. 2 folders
National Student Symposium. 2 folders
Rutgers University Urban University Program
Special Emerging Programs in Higher Education Conference, 1975
Student Special Services Conference, 1971
Task Force on the Disadvantaged and Postsecondary Education
TRIO Conferences, 1972-1975. 4 folders
TRIO Michigan Trio Directors / Michigan Council of Educational Opportunity Programs. 3 folders
TRIO Newsletters
TRIO Region V Advisory Council
Upward Bound Programs National Office memos. 2 folders
Upward Bound Programs State & Regional Project Directors
Collection arranged and inventoried by Linda Hildebrand - updated by Dominique Daniel - 11/02/15
Manuel Pierson Papers, Oakland University Archives.
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