Scope and Contents

This collection contains files that detail a specific time in the Sangamon State University’s administration. They contain files related to program evaluations, tenure, program planning, correspondence, library planning, affirmative action, and the mission and scope of the university.

Scope and Contents This collection was reprocessed in August 2023.The material in this collection came from the original collection of “Sangamon State University Major Reports and Documents, 1963-1995” Original order has mostly been maintained, though some documents that were published in other areas were removed as they were determined to be redundant. This collection contains major reports and documents concerning the need for a senior university in Springfield as well as...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of James Worthy relating to his time as a member of the President’s Commission on Campaign Costs, the Illinois Board of Education’s Master Plan Committee N on Governing Structure, and as a Professor of Public Administration and Management at Sangamon State University. It includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, class notes, and memoirs on the SSU Management Program written by Worthy. It is divided into three...

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This collection includes bulletins as well as some memos. Topics that were covered included major announcements, academic planning, budget, accreditation, buildings, teaching, research, programs, holidays, and committee work.

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials sent to the President’s office from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. It includes minutes, agendas, executive director reports, memos, and presidential annotations. It should be noted that because of how the collection was originally processed and split, some of the meeting minutes are separated into different boxes.The collection has three series. The first series is meeting notes, agendas, and items relating to the meetings. The second...

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This collection contains letters, memos, minutes, and reports that in the aggregate provide a detailed view of one year’s administrative problems and solutions. Notable documents include long-range planning, in which demographic changes and new financial constraints affecting higher education in the 1990s are dramatically apparent.