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University Assembly – Council on Academic Affairs

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0008

Scope and Contents

These papers include agendas, minutes, reports, memos, and correspondence. These papers relate to the early days of SSU/UIS. Subjects documented include advising, student recruitment, admissions policies, graduation requirements, development of programs, library policies, faculty evaluation and physical planning.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1970-1975

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois- Springfield (UIS)

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS.

History

The Council on Academic Affairs was created at the beginning of the university in the 1970s as a committee under the Senate to deal with academic issues. They discussed topics including but not limited to advising, student recruitment, graduation, program development, faculty evaluation, and admissions.

Over the years, the Council on Academic Affairs has changed names as well as its duties and responsibilities. Currently, the items that use to fall under the Council’s per view, now are spread out over a variety of different committees such as Admissions, Recruitment, and Retention.

Extent

5.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Collection was acquired in January 1973

Related Materials

Related collection: University Assembly - Records and Working Papers Collection (UA 0006) – Series Two

Property Rights

UIS owns the property rights to this collection.

Processing Information

This Collection was reprocessed in September of 2023. Original order was kept as much as possible.

Title
Finding Aid to the University Assembly – Council on Academic Affairs
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520