Education, higher -- Administration

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.

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.

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.

Papers of Christian F. Rumold.

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.

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.

Records of the Self-Study Commission (Berea College) that studied and made recommendations regarding the impact of changes created by the 1947 reorganization of the institution.

Public documents, publications, and ephemera produced by the Office of the President and Larry D. Shinn during his tenure as President of Berea College.

Records of Charles Noble Shutt including biographical materials, administrative papers, and teaching and curricular materials.

Papers of Louis Smith.