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UWRF
Series 19Collection Inventory
Chancellor’s Office
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (NCACS),
1930-
Arrangement: Chronologically by Subject File Unit
Quantity: 2 boxes
Collection
Inventory: The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, founded in 1895, is one of six similar regionally based organizations
in the United States whose purpose is the accreditation of higher educational
institutions.
The bulk of
the materials included in this series pertain to the initial accreditation
of the River Falls State Teachers College in 1935. These include correspondence,
a 1932 faculty roster, faculty records, completed schedules relating
to various aspects of the school’s facilities, the Dec. 1934 application
for accreditation and a July 1935 report of inspection.
Materials pertaining
to later relations between the school and the NCACS are also included
in the series. Among these are correspondence to 1948, miscellaneous
completed schedules, 1945 faculty records, a number of printed NCACS
reports and studies, and a 1962 proposal and request for accreditation
of a Master of Science degree in Teaching.
See UWRF Series 18 (National Council
for Accreditation of Teacher Education-NCATE) for related materials.
Box/Folder
Contents,
Years
1/1
Correspondence, Nov
1931-Oct 1935. Includes WSTC-RF institutional pattern map, 1935,
diagrammatically rating the school. 1931-1935
1/2
Faculty roster, Jan
1932. Lists rank, department, salaries and activities, 1932
1/3
Schedules, 1930-1931.
Current revenue classified by source; current expenditures; analysis
of operations of auxiliary activities, annuity funds, sales and
services; enrollment, 1930-1931
1/4
Schedules, May 1933.
Reports for 1930/31; enrollment, full-time students; part-time
students day attendance; part-time students, evening and extension;
part-time students, summer session. Reports for 1933: Training
school enrollment; instruction; curriculum, 1933
1/5
Schedules, Dec. 1934-Jan
1935. Purposes and objectives; individuality; roster of instructional
and administrative staff; faculty records, 1934-1935
1/6
Schedules, Dec 1934-Jan
1935. Schedules 13 through 81, 1934-1935
Miscellaneous printed
reports and studies. “A Study of Administrative Functions,”
Melvin W. Hyde, Jan 1943; Report on WSTC-Eau Claire, Jan 1950;
“Changes in Enrollments Over a Fifteen-year period in Institutions
Accredited by the NCA During the Year 1936-37,” Wm. J. Haggerty
and Geo. A. Works; program for the 44th annual meeting, 1939;
program for the 40th annual meeting, 1935; “Accredited Higher
Institutions,” 1935-36; NCA statement of policy, 1934; assorted
other NCA publications, 1934-1950
2/5
Faculty records, Oct-Nov
1945
2/6
Proposal and request
for accreditation of M.S. in Teaching degree, April 1962
2/7
Report of a Visit
to Wisconsin State University-River Falls, Jan 13-15 (includes
Aug `69 req.) 1969
2/8
Self-Study Report,
1977
2/9
Report of a Visit
to UW-River Falls, March 12-15 1978
River Falls, WI 54022