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President's Office records, Accreditation files

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0002-17

Scope and Contents

President’s Office records, Accreditation files, contains SACS materials and miscellaneous publications pertaining to the University of West Georgia and all of its earlier iterations. Items in this collection include annual reports, audit reports, committee lists, fact books, financial reports, institutional plans, progress reports, questionnaires, SACS criteria and reports, self-studies, surveys, and yearly Presidential and college reports. Duplicate reference material from the University System of Georgia has been discarded.

The first series contains Fact Books of West Georgia College, the State University of West Georgia (1996), and the University of West Georgia (2005).

The second series contains the working papers and final reports submitted to SACS for reaffirmation and fifth-year reports. These documents address self-study activities in the 1950s through the early 2000s, as collected by the institution's president and the reaffirmation committee chair.

The third series contains a variety of miscellaneous publications used in the development of self-study reports.

Materials in the fourth series are confined to SACS accreditation files between 1993 and 2004 and represent later additions to the collection.

Dates

  • 1949-2018

Conditions Governing Access

Open to all users.

Conditions Governing Use

Rights held by the University of West Georgia.

Biographical/Historical

SACS accreditation was first granted to West Georgia College on January 1, 1936. The materials and publications within this resource were collected by the President’s Office at West Georgia College, the State University of West Georgia, and the University of West Georgia. Materials exist for reports in the 1950s through the 2000s.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), now the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the Southern states. It serves as the common denominator of shared values and practices among diverse institutions in Southern states that award associate, baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. The mission of SACSCOC is enhancement of educational quality throughout the region and to improve the effectiveness of its member institutions. Institutions seek SACSCOC reaccreditation every ten years, with a fifth-year interim report required as well.

Extent

30 Linear Feet (30 cartons)

Language

English

Abstract

This collection contains publications and documents related to SACS/SACSCOC accreditation and were collected by the President’s Office at the University of West Georgia. The bulk of collected documents span 1950-2004.

Arrangement

Order was maintained.

Title
Guide to the President’s Office Records, Accreditation files
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Lalah Manly in 2020 and updated in 2021.
Date
2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of West Georgia Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections, Ingram Library
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton GA 30118-2000 United States