Berea College

Abstract Louis Smith came to Berea as an instructor in 1927 and served as the college's Dean of the Upper Division before serving as Dean of the College from 1947 to 1969. Charles Louis Smith (Louis Smith) was born on October 2, 1905 in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He was the second of four children to George and Edna Smith. Smith attended the Lincoln Central High School (which he referred to as the Rocky Knob of Hard Knocks and Slow Scholars) where he was involved in various activities....

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At Berea College the responsibility for the overall curriculum rests with the College Faculty under the leadership of the President and the Academic Vice President and Dean of the Faculty.

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At Berea College for over thirty-five years, from 1962 to 1997, Paul Hager served both as the Director of Guidance and Testing (later Testing and Special Services) and as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.

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Records in this collection include records documenting short-term projects conducted by the College and/or research reports conducted by, or on behalf of, the College.

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The Office of the Registrar assists students, faculty and alumni with a variety of services including maintaining academic records on all students and overseeing registration. The Registrar also maintains access to the academic calendar, class schedule, and college catalog.

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The Scenario Planning Taskforce (SPT) was created in response to the 2008 market performance that significantly impacted Berea College's endowment. The taskforce was charged with developing two to four scenarios of academic restructuring that would honor Berea's core mission including no undergraduate tution while fitting within a reduced budget for the 2011-2012 academic year.

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Committee, headed by Dean of Faculty and comprised of other faculty members and Deans, responsible for a number of procedural matters and decisions regarding student academics including: academic appeals, suspensions, reinstatements, and probations; academic dishonesty and plagarism hearings; grade change requests; grading and honors; other. Separate Lower and Upper Divison Committees existed until April 1947.

Abstract Reorganization of Berea College in 1938 lead to the instititution being formally divided into three schools: the Foundation School (1st through 10th grade), the Lower Division (Grades 11-12, first two years of college) and Upper Division (third and fourth year of college). Following further evaluation in 1942, and a five-year process of change, the institution was again reorganized in 1947 into the Fundation School (elementary through 12th grade, with vocational emphasis for stundents not...

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Established in 1989, the Special Learning Opportunities Committee was established to deal with learning opportunities outside established programs and courses regularly offered during Fall and Spring academic terms. Within its purview were Short Term courses, Independent Majors, Independent Studies, and Field Study projects. The Committee also reviewed policies and practices for the programs, proposing modifications to the Academic Program Council.

Abstract Since its adoption in 1996, the College's strategic plan Being and Becoming: Berea College in the 21st Century sought to further Berea's mission through college-wide initiatives that enhanced the core programs already in place. The strategic plan also guided additional programmatic, budgetary, and fund-raising priorities. The Strategic Planning Committee continued to work towards revision of the original plan as well as to develop additional initiatives...