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Case Western Reserve University Archives

Cleveland College

Cleveland College was founded in 1925 by Western Reserve University and Case School of Applied Science to provide education for adult learners. The College provided both degree and non-degree programs in credit and non-credit classes. As stated in an early catalog, "Education has, in truth, become a lifelong process. The individual or the community that fails to recognize this fact will not only lose much of the richness, beauty, and joy of life, but will also fall hopelessly behind in the economic struggle." In 1946/47, Cleveland College enrolled over 12,000 part-time and full-time students in three downtown locations. In 1926 the enrollment was 2058 and tuition was $10 per credit. In 1954 the enrollment was 5466 and tuition was $20 per credit.
 


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1260 Cleveland College students in class, ca. 1941
1261 Part of a "record breaking" crowd registering for classes, ca. 1937
1262 Cleveland College laboratory, 1942
1263 Baker Memorial Building entrance at night, when many students would have attended classes, December 1950
1264 Parade outside of the Baker Building in Public Square, 1936
1265 View out the front doors of the Baker Memorial Building and onto Public Square, 1950
1266 Cleveland College Registrar's Office and staff, 1950s
1288 Cleveland College brochure, 1938
1289 Cover of a Cleveland College brochure featuring the slogan "Make Cleveland Your Classroom!," 1950s
1290 Skyline was the Cleveland College literary magazine, November 1928


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0738 Baker Memorial Building main entrance, 1942
1087 Mock marriage skit, symbolizing the "wedding" of Cleveland College and the WRU main campus, 1953
 

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