Guide to the Western Center for Community College Development Records 1979-2004

Overview of the Collection

	Repository Name:		Oregon State University Libraries University Archives 121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2165 Email: archives@oregonstate.edu Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
	Collection Number:		RG 235
	Creator:		Western Center for Community College Development.
	Title:		Western Center for Community College Development Records
	Dates:		1979-2004 (inclusive) 1993-1997 (bulk)
	Quantity:		7 cubic feet, including 300 photographs 7 boxes
	Languages:		Materials in English.
	Summary:		The Western Center for Community College Development Records document the establishment, administration, and activities of the Center which was established at Oregon State University in 1991. The Center provides professional development, opportunities for partnerships, and assistance with curriculum to community colleges in the western United States.

Historical Note

The Western Center for Community College Development was established in 1991. The Center provides professional development, opportunities for partnerships, and assistance with curriculum redesign to community, junior, and technical colleges in the 15 states served by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE). The Center is housed in the Oregon State University College of Education and is funded by the Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development. Dale Parnell served as the first director of the Center from 1992 until 1996.

Content Description

The Western Center for Community College Development Records were generated and assembled by the Center and document the professional development workshops and other educational training projects offered or coordinated by the center; long-range strategic planning; interactions with foundations for project funding; involvement with legislators on bills of interest to community colleges; and curriculum development. The records include budgets, correspondence, course syllabi, grant proposals, legislative bills, meeeting minutes, newsletters, project proposals and reports, publications, and photographs. The photographs depict training conferences and workshop sessions organized by the Center.

Administrative Information

Processing Note

This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.

Acquisition Information

Records were transferred to the Archives in 2007.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Western Center for Community College Development Records (RG 235), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Related Information

Additional Reference Guides

Preliminary container list (text/html) available online.

Related Materials

Brochures and news clippings about the Center are available in the Memorabilia Collection (text/html) (MC-Western Center for Community College Development). Materials pertaining to community colleges in the 1960s thru 1980s are available in the School of Education Records (RG 184) (text/html) . The Archives' collections also include the papers of OSU School of Education faculty Dale Parnell and E. Wayne Courtney (text/html) .

Subjects

Oregon State University. School of Education.

Community colleges--Oregon.

Education--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon.

Photographic prints.

Other Creators :

Parnell, Dale, 1928-

Oregon. Dept. of Community Colleges and Workforce Development.

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