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Wesleyan University Office of Institutional Research Director's records

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-001

Scope and Contents

Contents include comparative data on American colleges and universities collected and released to contributing members; summary data from the annual senior survey of Wesleyan and other contributing colleges and universities; frosh surveys; individual project files for research and statistical data collected by the director for Wesleyan administration projects, offices, and grant proposals; and examples of survey forms and several collections of completed survey forms. N.B.: it is likely that some printed records in this collection are also present in electronic form.

2005-057: Received in June and July 2005, from Michael Whitcomb, the Assistant Director of Institutional Research. This accession, along with accession 2001-1, are the records of John Pothier. Pothier was Director of Institutional Research from 1991-2000.

2002-041: This collection is an addition and continuation to collection 2001-1. It comprises interfiled subject files and individual research projects and surveys, primarily from the directorship of Michael S. Connolly, all of which generally precede the date range of the previous accesion. Contents include the senior survey, housing studies, enrollment, majors, faculty compensation data, and COFHE (Consortium on the Fonancing of Higher Education) documents.

Boxes 1-3 are well labelled. Boxes 4-6 contain loose documents, data sets, and documentation supplied by outside peer institutions, the last of which may be candidates for deaccession upon final processing.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967-2000

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is restricted. Contact sca@wesleyan.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Extent

32 Linear Feet (32 paige boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains the records of John Pothier, director from 1991-2000, and relevant survey and research data from previous years collected by him and Academic Affairs.

Arrangement

Collection is in the order it was received.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received in January 2001 from Steve Porter, incoming Director. Made up of three accessions: 2001-001, 2002-041, and 2005-057.

Title
Wesleyan University Office of Institutional Research Director's records, 1967-2000
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Erica Ciallela
Date
April 30, 2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

Contact:
Olin Library
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Middletown CT 06459 USA
860-685-3864