North Central Association Accreditation Files, 1920-2007
Scope and Contents
This is a composite record series consisting of material already in the University Archives as well as additional material that came to the University Archives in the summer of 2012, as part of the process of clearing the Malcolm Price Laboratory School building after the school's closing in June 2012. The North Central Association is an educational accrediting agency. The Malcolm Price Laboratory School chose to be accredited by this agancy. This series includes an excellent run of annual reports made by the Laboratory School to the North Central Association. These reports give a good annual snapshot of the school, its students, and its programs. This series also includes extensive files pertaining to periodic site visits by the North Central Association to the Laboratory School. These files typically include Laboratory School self-studies, corresponce, arrangements and preparations for the visits, reports of the evaluation team, and follow-ups to those reports and studies. These files provide a deep look at the Laboratory School, its performance, its shortcomings, and its goals.
Dates
- 1920-2007
Creator
- Malcolm Price Laboratory School (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions. Materials are open for research.
General Use, Reproduction, and Copyright Policies
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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
2.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Processing Information
Collection processed by University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson, October 2012; updated December 11, 2012 (GP). Updated by Library Associate Dave Hoing, January 2018. Linear feet updated on August 31, 2017.