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Western Center for Community College Development Records, 1979-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Western Center for Community College Development.
- Title
- Western Center for Community College Development Records
- Dates
- 1979-2004 (inclusive)19792004
1993-1997 (bulk)19931997 - Quantity
- 7 cubic feet, including 300 photographs, (7 boxes)
- Collection Number
- RG 235
- Summary
- The Western Center for Community College Development Records document the establishment, administration, and activities of the Center which was established at Oregon State University in 1991. The Center provides professional development, opportunities for partnerships, and assistance with curriculum to community colleges in the western United States.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Additional Reference Guides
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Preliminary container list available online.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Western Center for Community College Development was established in 1991. The Center provides professional development, opportunities for partnerships, and assistance with curriculum redesign to community, junior, and technical colleges in the 15 states served by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE). The Center is housed in the Oregon State University College of Education and is funded by the Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development. Dale Parnell served as the first director of the Center from 1992 until 1996.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Western Center for Community College Development Records were generated and assembled by the Center and document the professional development workshops and other educational training projects offered or coordinated by the center; long-range strategic planning; interactions with foundations for project funding; involvement with legislators on bills of interest to community colleges; and curriculum development. The records include budgets, correspondence, course syllabi, grant proposals, legislative bills, meeeting minutes, newsletters, project proposals and reports, publications, and photographs. The photographs depict training conferences and workshop sessions organized by the Center.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Western Center for Community College Development Records (RG 235), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.
Acquisition Information
Records were transferred to the Archives in 2007.
Related Materials
Brochures and news clippings about the Center are available in the Memorabilia Collection (MC-Western Center for Community College Development). Materials pertaining to community colleges in the 1960s thru 1980s are available in the School of Education Records (RG 184). The Archives' collections also include the papers of OSU School of Education faculty Dale Parnell and E. Wayne Courtney.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Community colleges--Oregon.
- Education--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State University. School of Education.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Parnell, Dale, 1928- (creator)
Corporate Names
- Oregon. Dept. of Community Colleges and Workforce Development. (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2008
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
