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. thijprogram. J c-seventhsol tin school principals ol Illinois and approximately 8,000 teachers and laymen have attended one 01 llloI workshops sponsored by the pn ram. In addit >n, the stafl ol the College completed, during the past , 21 surveyi th ranged i n)lll B building lurvey to comprehensive studies ol an entir< educational program. The Illinois State 1 ligh School Testing Service has fo ted, dui in] the past lour years, about 180,000 students in 7oo different high chools. The Elementary English Journal. Progressive Edu< iti } and die Illinois S mdary School Currii alum I i ram S< ru \ now havi headquarters in the Coll< < of Edu< ition. •

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In the last lour year, the School of Physi ;I Education h i prescribed curricula leading to: (a) the Bachelor of Scient in II dth

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(b) to the Bachelor of Science in Recreation, to train recreational leaders and administrators for service to public, industrial, and commercial agencies. The capstone is now supplied 1»\ a d < 0 Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Education. One of the finest programs ol its type is the research and teaching program in plv ical fitness. The goal is to help men and women to remain lit in heart

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As a University facility and as a laborator) for the trainin o I idem in h ilth edut ation and tt( nation, the recreational ofTcrii ol the 1 tmpus are being « panded. Plans arc bcin I up for th. (i ition ol .1 statewide community recreational service, Ulicd with ou] ro\ ii" work in public health, social welfare, and 1 lini< al p < holoji it sh< uld prove beneficial.

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In th« IK Id ol i ommunit at >ni the I nivi rsit) has d vi l a nc\> < organization that has attracted nationwide ttcntion. 1 1 several de< idejj tli- in media ol pr( , 1 dio, and film havi rown in importanci to highei education. I nivrrsities have been asked to train prof< nal p 1 nnel foi th< m dia, 1 du< .\i\^\\ broad isting < <

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