RG 10. Committees, Projects, and Reports

Abstract The Academic Program Council has comprehensive responsibility for the academic program, with specific responsibilities for curriculum, policy development, and general oversight of practices and services affecting the academic program. The Council may elect to delegate certain specific responsibilities to subcommittees or members, but all decisions with policy implications will be brought before the entire Council. The Council receives proposals from academic divisions, core course planning...

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This collection is comprised of self-studies and reports undertaken by Berea College and its various academic and administrative departments in accordance with accreditating associations. Supporting materials such as memorandum and correspondence of committees are also included in this collection.

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The Administrative Committee is responsible to the Board of Trustees and the President of the College for matters of finance, physical properties and internal management of the College. Members of the committee oversee all instructional and operating departments of the institution. The very first meeting of the Administrative Committee took place on October 5, 1937 under President Francis S. Hutchins.

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Meeting minutes, correspondence, and various materials of the Admissions Committee of Berea College. Collection also contains records of the Inter-School (Joint) Admissions Committee that represented various affiliated schools of Berea College.

Abstract The Appalachian Studies/Center Committee, also known as the Committee to Review the Appalachian Commitment, was appointed in 1987 by President John Stephenson to advise on matters relating to the activities of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian academic program at Berea. The committee, however, was also charged with the task of conducting a comprehensive review of Berea's Appalachian commitment with a view to making recommendations that would become part of the long-range planning...

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The 1986 Master Plan was the result of a planning effort approved at the Spring 1986 meeting of the Berea College Board of Trustees. The intended outputs of the planning efforts and new master plan for Berea College were to: (1) plan for the use of outlying college property; (2) describe a development plan for the Boone Tavern area; and (3) outline the desired image recommended for Berea College.

Abstract The 1992 Berea College Master Plan provided a framework for long-term planning and promoted effective coordination of campus development decisions by illustrating how campus systems - development patterns, open space and pedestrian circulation, and vehicular circulation and parking - related to one another.  This comprehensive perspective was meant to be applied in the implementation of each individual building and/or improvement project undertaken at Berea College. Many of the records in...

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Reports of the various industries run by Berea College combined in folders by year. Reports include those of the Bakery and Candy Kitchen, Department of Properties, Maintenance Department, Water Works, Laundry, Berea College Press, Berea College Store, Electrical Department, Student Industries, Fireside Industries, Needlecraft Department, Woodcraft, Creamery, Dairy, Garden and Grounds, Livestock Farm, Poultry Farm, College Forester, Heat and Power, Maintenance, and Utilities.

Abstract On Thursday, March 25, 1965, fifty-eight Berea College student, faculty and staff joined 25,000 other demonstrators in the last phase of the March on Montgomery from Selma, Alabama. The trip made by students and other members of the college was neither officially recognized by the College or endorsed by the Student Association Senate. Berea's participation in the march was organized by a committee of students which organized in response to a controversial letter from the Associate Dean of...