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WSU Provosts Office Accreditation Records, 1960-2003

Overview of the Collection

Title
WSU Provosts Office Accreditation Records
Dates
1960-2003 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.75 linear feet of shelf space, (6 boxes)
Collection Number
Archives 378 (collection)
Summary
Washington State University accreditation reports and supporting documentation covering 1960-2000, primarily focusing on the 1997-1999 accreditation process.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English.
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Historical Note

The Office of the Provost at Washington State University is responsible for providing academic leadership for the school. The use of the name at WSU dates to about 1978 when the Office of the Vice President – Academic was retitled as the Provost, but obviously administration over academic functions dates to the first days of the college, when that function was held by the school President.

Accreditation of the colleges and universities of the United States began in the 1950s, when the federal government became more involved in college funding and sought evidence the schools they were funding were qualified and were providing the educations the promised. The accreditation process was placed in the hands of regional higher education membership organizations; for schools in the state of Washington that was the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. While that organization has since gone through a variety of names, in the late 2010s it is known as the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

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Content Description

The collection consists of documents collected by or created by the Washington State University Office of the Provost as part of the decennial accreditation process. The materials were created for the 1997-1999 accreditation cycle, but additional historical accreditation documents are included.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] WSU Provost’s Office Accreditation Records, 1960-2003 (Archives 378)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in two series. Series one is materials originating with or collected by the Provost’s Office in conducting accreditation work. These papers are arranged chronologically and are primarily finished reports; the materials from 1997-1999 comprise both working files and finished reports.

Series two is reports originating in WSU departments or elsewhere in the state, primarily collected and used by the Office of the Provost as supporting or research documentation in conducting the 1997-1999 accreditation process. These are arranged loosely in an alphabetical subject-based order.

Acquisition Information

Records were transferred to Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections on June 13, 2018 by Zayna Lang of the Office of the Provost, and retained as UA2018-06.

Processing Note

Records were processed in July, 2018 by University Archivist Mark O’English.

Related Materials

WSU MASC holds a small quantity of accreditation-related materials in the President’s Office section (WSU 132) of their WSU Publications materials.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English.
2018

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