Harold Sponberg, Address to Fall Faculty Conference, 1972 · EMU Archives

Title: Harold Sponberg, Address to Fall Faculty Conference, 1972
Description: Harold Sponberg served as president of Eastern Michigan University from 1965-1974. In this address to EMU faculty, Sponberg begins by explaining why he chose EMU and welcomes new department heads to the University. The bulk of Sponberg’s remarks center on budgetary concerns and the faculty’s apprehension over a looming wage-freeze. In the wake of civil unrest on and off campus, Sponberg stresses the need for the University to remain accountable for student action, whether that action be civil or uncivil.
Creator: Sponberg, Harold
Date Created: 1971-08-27
Subject: Harold Sponberg; McKenny Hall; Scott Westerman; higher education; State budgetary committees; student protest; Faculty
Identifier: https://commons.emich.edu/speeches/45

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