Guide to the Beverly A. Blois PAGE program research papers, 1980s C0122
Beverly A. Blois PAGE program research
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library, MS2FL4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Business Number: 703-993-2220
Fax Number: 703-993-8911
speccoll@gmu.edu
URL: https://scrc.gmu.edu
FINDING AID AUTHOR
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Beverly A. Blois PAGE program research papers, Collection #C0122, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated by Beverly A. Blois.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009.
Biographical Information
Beverly Blois is a specialist in education theory and practice. He earned a Ph.D. in higher education from George Mason University and has since built an active career in the field of education development, specializing in exchange programs between Russia and the United States. Since the 1980s Blois has played a leading role in promoting education development in northern Virginia's Loudoun County. In addition to being an active member of several education associations he founded the Moscow-Fairfax Business Exchange Project (1991) and co-founded the Virginia Council on International Education (1990) and the Loudoun Higher Education Consortium (1992). Blois is currently the Dean of Humanities at Northern Virginia Community College-Loudoun Campus and serves on the steering committee of the Virginia Community College System/Virginia Council on International Education exchange program.
Scope and Content
Contains four boxes of research materials for Blois' 1987 dissertation on education, including audio cassettes of interviews with GMU faculty members and a first draft copy of his dissertation "The PAGE Program from Concept to Curriculum: George Mason University's Plan for Alternative General Education, 1981-1983."
Arrangement
Organized by subject.
Related Material
Special Collections and Archives holds the Plan for Alternative General Education records.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- George Mason University. Plan for Alternative General Education (PAGE) Program. Plan for Alternative General Education (PAGE) Program
- Universities and colleges -- Curricula