Accreditation Records (2:1)
Creator: Elmira College. President’s Office
Extent: 4.59 linear ft. (11 boxes)
Inclusive Dates: 1951-2016
Access: Unrestricted
Language: English
Physical Location: Elmira College Archives
Repository: Elmira College Archives, Gannett-Tripp Library, Elmira College, Elmira, N.Y.
Preferred Citation:
Accreditation Records (2:1), Elmira College Archives, Gannett-Tripp Library, Elmira College, Elmira, N.Y.
ABSTRACT:
The collection is comprised of reports, self-studies, surveys and correspondence related to accreditation for the years 1951 to 2016.
CONTROLLED ACCESS HEADINGS:
Elmira College
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Commission on Higher Education
Accreditation (Education)
Women’s colleges—New York (State)—Elmira
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
Elmira College received its first accreditation from Middle States Commission on Higher Education in 1921. The collection contains records related to accreditation beginning in 1952 and includes correspondence, reports, self-studies, and surveys.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION:
Accruals: Accretions are expected
Acquisition Information: Transferred from the President’s office
Processing History: Update to the Inventory and creation of Finding Aid by Nathaniel Ball, March 6, 2018.
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE:
No prior finding aid existed for this collection. This record group was primarily created from the former inventory: PR:2 Records of the Middle States Association.
ORGANIZATIONAL NOTE:
The collection is organized in loose chronological order.
CONTAINER LIST:
Description |
Container |
Folder |
Data Presented to Commissions on Institutions of Higher Education [1951-1952] |
1 |
1 |
Report of Inspection [1952] |
1 |
2 |
Master Table Of Contents -- Includes Volumes 1 Through 8 [1962?] |
1 |
3 |
Volume 1 -- Committee on Objectives and Outcomes [1962] |
1 |
4 |
Committee on Curriculum Study [1962-1963] |
1 |
5 |
Volume 3 -- Committee on Faculty and Teaching [1962] |
1 |
6 |
Volume 5 -- Committee on the Library [1962] |
1 |
7 |
Volume 6 -- Committee on Student Personnel Services and Admissions [1962] |
1 |
8 |
Volume 7 -- Committee on Organization and Administration [1962] |
1 |
9 |
Evaluation of Personnel Services [1962] |
1 |
10 |
Questionnaires, Memos -- Includes Notes [1962] |
1 |
11 |
Questions, Memos -- Includes Notes [1962-1963] |
1 |
12 |
Data Presented For Consideration etc. Number 1 [1962-1963] |
1 |
13 |
Data Presented for Consideration etc. Number 2 [1962-1963] |
1 |
14 |
Correspondence, Memos [1963] |
1 |
15 |
MSA Library Report [1963] |
1 |
16 |
Middle States Association Report [1963] |
2 |
1 |
MSA Committee -- Evening Division and Graduate Course [1963] |
2 |
2 |
MSA Case Study Evaluation Report, 1973-1974 [1974-1979] |
2 |
3 |
MSA Seven Case Studies -- Report [March 1974] |
2 |
4 |
MSA Follow up report [1976] |
2 |
5 |
MSA Steering Committees -- Reports [1982-1983] |
3 |
1 |
MSA -- Self Evaluation Report, August [1983] |
3 |
2 |
Institutional Self Study -- August [1983] |
3 |
3 |
Self-Evaluation Report -- Includes 2 Copies [August 1983] |
3 |
4 |
Institutional Self Study -- August [1983] |
3 |
5 |
Appendices to the Institutional Self Study [1983] |
3 |
6 |
MSA Report -- Report to the Faculty, Administration, Trustees, Students, December 16 [1983] |
3 |
7 |
MSA Accreditation, 1983-1984 -- Correspondence, MSA Steering Committee Progress Reports and Correspondence [1981-1983] |
3 |
8 |
MSA and State Education joint visit -- correspondence and SED report [1983-1984] |
3 |
9 |
MSA Evaluation Report, 1983-1984 -- Correspondence, Annual Institutional Abroad Data Summaries, Institutional Response to Report, Steering Committee Summaries Report and Recommendations [1982-1984] |
4 |
1 |
MSA Correspondence -- Includes rejection of Elmira College Report [1986] |
4 |
2 |
MSA -- Periodic Review Report and correspondence [1987-1988] |
4 |
3 |
MSA Visit -- Report, Four Year Recovery Plan, The Condition of Elmira College, Speech on Finances from Unknown Cabinet Member [1989] |
4 |
4 |
Building Blocks -- Includes Surveys [1989] |
4 |
5 |
Report to NYS Education Department [1989] |
4 |
6 |
NLRB Guild Brief [1990-1991] |
4 |
7 |
Miscellaneous Correspondence [1990-1992] |
4 |
8 |
Comparison Colleges Graphs [1991] |
4 |
9 |
The Recovery Plan and Progress on the Recovery Plan -- Including updated Conditions of Elmira College [1991, Undated] |
5 |
1 |
MSA -- Institutional Data Summary from 1991, includes past year summaries dating to the 1970's [1971-1991] |
5 |
2 |
NLRB College Brief [1992] |
5 |
3 |
Guild Appeal [1992] |
5 |
4 |
College Response to the Appeal [1992] |
5 |
5 |
Denial of Appeal [1992] |
5 |
6 |
College Vision Statements [1991-1992] |
5 |
7 |
MSA Report [1992] |
5 |
8 |
No Confidence Vote -- President Meier [1992] |
5 |
9 |
American Association of University Professors Correspondence to College [1992] |
5 |
10 |
Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech [1992] |
5 |
11 |
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Report and Order [1992] |
5 |
12 |
College Response to American Association of University Professors Correspondence (Empty) |
5 |
13 |
American Association of University Professors Report [1993] |
5 |
14 |
Scholarship and Merit Pay [1993] |
5 |
15 |
Tenure, Promotion, and Sabbaticals [1993] |
5 |
16 |
Admissions and Advising [1993] |
5 |
17 |
Relations Between Faculty Administration/Trustees -- Copied memos and correspondence [1993?] |
5 |
18 |
Faculty Hiring and Staffing -- copied memos and correspondence [1993?] |
5 |
19 |
Grievance Procedures -- copied memos and correspondence from 1992-1993 [1993?] |
5 |
20 |
MSA Sub Committee on the Mission Statement [1993] |
6 |
1 |
MSA Visit -- Correspondence, Handbook, Self-Study Report, MSA Team Report Draft, MSA Report [1993] |
6 |
2 |
MSA Self-Study Report [June 1993] |
6 |
3 |
MSA June Self-Study Appendices -- Includes Survey [1993] |
6 |
4 |
MSA Self-Study Sub-Committees and Supporting Documents [1993] |
6 |
5 |
MSA Report of the Visiting Team -- Includes Memo [1993-1994] |
6 |
6 |
Middle States 75th Anniversary program -- EC on page xl, includes Memo Reddick Re-accreditation [1994] |
6 |
7 |
MSA Report of the Faculty [1995-1996] |
6 |
8 |
MSA Report Planning and Drafts -- Includes Memos [1996] |
6 |
9 |
MSA Institutional Report Profile on College 1994-1995 School Year [1996] |
6 |
10 |
MSA Small Team Visit Final Documents CONFIDENTIAL [1996] |
6 |
11 |
Consultant Process [1995-1996] |
6 |
12 |
Reports and Correspondences Visiting Team [1993 and 1996] |
6 |
13 |
Recommendations and Responses [1993 and 1996] |
6 |
14 |
MSA -- Miscellaneous materials [1997] |
6 |
15 |
MSA materials for 1998 -- Correspondence and miscellaneous materials [1996-1998] |
7 |
1 |
MSA periodic review materials for 1999 [1996-1999] |
7 |
2 |
MSA -- Annual Institutional Profile for 1997-1998 [1998] |
7 |
3 |
MSA periodic review report [1999] |
7 |
4 |
MSA -- Periodic Review Report and letter from President Meier [2000] |
7 |
5 |
MSA -- Periodic Review Report materials [1999-2000] |
7 |
6 |
MSA -- Materials regarding the Periodic Review [2000] |
8 |
1 |
MSA -- Materials regarding the Periodic Review [2000] |
8 |
2 |
MSA -- Periodic review committee materials [2000] |
8 |
3 |
MSA -- Progress Report materials [2001-2002] |
8 |
4 |
MSA - Miscellaneous materials [2001-2002] |
8 |
5 |
MSA -- Progress Report materials [2003] |
8 |
6 |
MSA -- Miscellaneous materials [2003-2004] |
9 |
1 |
Elmira College Self Study [2003/2004] |
9 |
2 |
Report from MSA team [2003/2004] |
9 |
3 |
MSA Visit 2004 [2002-2005] |
9 |
4 |
MSA Visit 2004 (2) [2004-2005] |
9 |
5 |
Elmira College Response to MSA Report [2005] |
9 |
6 |
Accreditation [2005] |
9 |
7 |
MSA materials for 2006 [2005-2006] |
10 |
1 |
MSA -- Monitoring report and miscellaneous materials [2006] |
10 |
2 |
MSA -- Monitoring Report and miscellaneous materials [2006-2008] |
10 |
3 |
MSA Visit 2008 materials [2008-2009] |
10 |
4 |
MSA -- Appeal from Adverse Accrediting Decision |
10 |
5 |
MSA -- Assessment documents [2008] |
10 |
6 |
MSA -- Miscellaneous materials regarding 2008 report, includes correspondence from visits in the 1990's [2008-2009, undated] |
10 |
7 |
Periodic Review Report Middle States Comission on Higher Education [2010] |
11 |
1 |
Assessment Day -- Includes Strategic Plan Workbook, Surveys, Statistics [2011] |
11 |
2 |
Various -- Includes Assessment Matters, Strategic Plan 2011-2016 booklet, Strategic planning forum, 2011 [2010-2015] |
11 |
3 |
Institutional Assessment Plan [2011] |
11 |
4 |
Strategic and Academic Plan Forum and Strategic Plan, 2012-2017 [2012] |
11 |
5 |
Middle States Comission on Higher Education Monitoring Report Accreditation [2012] |
11 |
6 |
MSA -- Self-Study Report and correspondence [2016] |
11 |
7 |