University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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xwxxxwdm WMM QNNWN-Y. . Xl s, ' 1 . . .1 ANHSYIWN Tlze Admissions Office recruits new students. ABOVE A participant in Project 100, initiated by Admissions, goes over a text before class. ABOVE RIGHT James T. Mansfield directs entire admission procedure. RIGHT Fred McEvoy, assistant director of admissions, gives information to prospective students via the phone. 'wu- xx if ' A' X X

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Grants, jobs help A students afford U-D V Us The Division of Cooperative Education and Place- ment, better known as the Placement Center, is U-D's answer to the Job Corps. Director Donald C. Hunt and his staff now handle about 14,000 applicants annually, nearly 5,000 in the fall semester alone. About 600 companies look to the Placement Center each year in search of prospective employees. Representatives are constantly at U-D to interview graduating seniors at the invitation of the Center. Operating from the same office complex is the Office of Financial Aids which helps students with the financing of their college education. A staff of five, headed by John Tomey, is responsible for the administration of all financial grants, loans and scholarships. All applications for private, local, state and federal aid are processed by the department. Out of all students who apply, 89 percent are granted some sort of aid.

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Admissions initiates attractive programs The prospective student, whether he be a fresh high school graduate or a middle-aged housewife, makes his first contact with the University through the Department of Admissions. Not satisfied with sitting back and waiting for stud- ents to come to him, however, James T. Mansfield, director of Admissions, has initiated three new pro- grams this year to help more students enter U-D. Project 100 aids 100 inner-city students and guides them in a course of studies. This project is being financed by a Holden Foundation Grant. Instituted in relation with Project 100 is Project 50-BA. This program is aimed at orienting 50 inner- city Negro students to the College of Business Admin- istration. The third program is the Independent College Opportunity Program CICOP5, financed through a Kellogg Foundation Grant. ICOP is directed at help- ing ll inner-city students annually. The program is supplemented by state and federal funds. t x. 'Qs t, ,,, r .