North Central Association, Higher Learning Commission Re-accreditation Visit Collection, 2008-2011
Scope and Contents
This collection was assembled in preparation for a re-accreditation visit to the University of Northern Iowa by the North Central Association, Higher Learning Commission in November 2010. As such, the collection is an excellent snapshot of the programs, services, plans, websites, and policies of the university at that time. In addition, the official university publications included in the collection offer a good look at the way in which the university wished to be viewed by the public and the accreditors.
Most of this collection served as a body of evidence and support for the self-study performed in preparation for the visit of the accreditation team. Over half of the collection is arranged as supporting documentation for the footnotes and references in the self-study. Files are labeled and arranged in the order in which footnotes or references appear in the self-study: for example, Chapter 1, footnotes 1-10; Chapter 1, footnotes 11-20; and so on. In most footnotes folders, the actual referenced document is present. In a few cases, there is only a further reference to a source. The collection also includes some freestanding documents that were apparently assembled for the use of the accreditation visitors. There is also a limited amount of evidence of the work of the campus preparation committee itself.
Dates
- Creation: 2008-2011
Creator
- Self Study Committee (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions. Materials are open for research.
General Use, Reproduction, and Copyright Policies
Many items housed in the Rod Library Special Collections & University Archives, including unpublished images and manuscripts, may be protected by copyright, publication rights, trademarks, or model release rights which the library does not own and for which the library cannot grant permission or licensing. Materials currently under copyright are usually still available for research and limited reproduction under Fair Use laws. However, it is the sole responsibility of the patron to determine whether or not their use of a given material falls within Fair Use guidelines and to obtain permission for said use from the rightful copyright owner.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy or similar laws, and the Iowa Open Records Law (see Iowa Code § 22.7). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Northern Iowa assumes no responsibility.
Extent
5.0 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The campus self-study committee delivered this collection to SC&UA in 2011.
Processing Information
Collection processed and inventory written by University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson, April 17, 2012. Updated by Library Associate Dave Hoing, November 2017 and February 2018 and Archival Processor Tessa Wakefield, March 2020. Linear feet updated August 16, 2017