Institutional Reports Collection

Institutional Reports Collection

Philander Smith College

1949-2018

The Institutional Reports Collection includes accreditation, self-study, campus committee and academic department reports generated by the college from 1949 to the present. The collection also includes strategic plans, institutional data, grant and funding agency proposals as well as correspondence related to higher education standards and approvals.

Philander Smith College--administrative reports

African American universities and colleges--Accreditation

Strategic planning

Institutional data

32 boxes

Accreditation Agency Reports & Correspondence

Box 1

General Information

• PSC Report on Accreditation. Submitted to Dr. Johnny Moore, President. Submitted by Drs. Frank James and Annie Williams, June 7, 2012.
• PSC Accreditation. October 26, 2017.

Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

Box 2

• PSC Division of Business and Economics Self-Study Report for Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, 1996, parts 1-4.
• PSC Division of Business and Economics Self-Study Report for Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, 2008-2009, parts 1-3.
• ACBSP Business Education Week. December 4, 2009, Vol. 6(13).

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), formerly National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

Box 3

• Correspondence: Crawford J. Mims to PSC Faculty, June 13, 1973. Memo regarding preparation for NCATE Review.
• Philander Smith College: A self-study report prepared for the initial visit of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, October 27-29, 1975.
• Philander Smith College: A self-study report prepared for the second visit of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, November 18-21, 1979.
• NCATE report on pre-accreditation, March 6, 1980.
• Visiting Team Report, Philander Smith College: A report to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, January 20, 1980.
• Teacher Education Division, Philander Smith College, 1983.
• Teacher Education Programs: A report to the Nation Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 1984, Vol. 1.
• Correspondence from NCATE, 1990-1992.
• NCATE standards, procedures and policies for the accreditation of professional education unit, 1990.
• Board of Examiners report to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education for Philander Smith College, October 25-28, 1992.
• NCATE Teaching program descriptions, 1992.
• Institutional report presented to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education basic programs, Vol. 1, 1992.
• PSC Biology Education Folio, prepared for the visit of National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, October 1992.

Box 4

• NCATE study guide for faculty, staff and teaching candidates, March 2000.
• PSC Institutional report presented to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Division of Education, August 3, 2000, Vol. 1 & 2.
• PSC Continuing accreditation report submitted to the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, October 8-12, 2005.
• NCATE accreditation report, October 8-12, 2005.
• NCATE Addendum Report, 2012-2013.

Council on Social Work Education

Box 5

• PSC Social Work Program Self-Study Document, 1999-2000, Vol. 1-3.

Box 6

• PSC Social Work Program Self-Study Document, 2005-2007, Vol. 1-3.

Box 7

• PSC Baccalaureate Social Work Program Self-Study Document, Vol. 1-3, March 28, 2014.

The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)

Box 8

• Basic Institutional data, Philander Smith College, January 1967.
• North Central News Bulletin, January 1969.
• Profile of Philander Smith College: A self-study prepared for the review visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, January 1, 1971 (Vol. 1).
• Basic institutional data: A self-study prepared for the review visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, January 1, 1971 (Vol. 2).

Box 9

• Profile of Philander Smith College (Administrative and Academic): A self-study prepared for the review visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, February 1979 (Vol. 1).
• Basic institutional data: A self-study prepared for the review visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, February 1979 (Vol. 2).
• NCA Faculty Summary Sheets: A self-study prepared for the review visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, February 1979 (Vol. 3).
• NCA Data Forms: A self-study prepared for the review visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, February 1979.
• The basic institutional self-study report: A self-study report prepared for the reaffirmation visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, April 25-27, 1983 (Vol.1).
• NCA basic data forms report: A self-study report prepared for the reaffirmation visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to Philander Smith College, April 25-27, 1983 (Vol. 2).
• Academic departmental/divisional self-study reports: A self-study report prepared for the reaffirmation visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to Philander Smith College, April 25-27, 1983 (Vol. 3).
• Institutional support services self-study reports: A self-study report prepared for the reaffirmation visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to Philander Smith College, April 25-27, 1983 (Vol. 4).
• Faculty data profile reports: A self-study report prepared for the reaffirmation visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to Philander Smith College, April 25-27, 1983 (Vol. 5).

Box 10

• NCA correspondence, March 29, 1990.
• Philander Smith College. Prospectus on the site visit by North Central Association, February 12-15, 1990.
• Self-study report of Philander Smith College. Volume I: The basics institutional self-study report, February 1990.
• Supplement to Volume 1: The basic institutional self-study report, February 1990.
• Self-study report of Philander Smith College. Volume II: Basic institutional data forms report, February 1990.
• Self-study report of Philander Smith College. Volume III: Academic divisional/departmental self-study report, February 1990.
• Self-study report of Philander Smith College. Volume IV: Institutional support services self-study report, February 1990.
• Self-study report of Philander Smith College. Volume V: Institutional data summary sheets report for full-time faculty, February 1990.

Box 11

• North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission of Institutions of Higher Education. (1994). Handbook of accreditation 1994-96. Chicago: IL. North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission of Institutions of Higher Education.
• Report of a visit to Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 3-5, 1997 for the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Self-study report of Philander Smith College, Volume I: The basic institutional self-study report, March 3-5, 1997.
• Self-study report of Philander Smith College, Volume II: Basic institutional data forms, March 3-5, 1997.
• Self-study report of Philander Smith College, Volume III: Academic divisional/departmental self-study report, March 3-5, 1997.
• Self-study report of Philander Smith College, Volume IV: Institutional supportive services self-study report, March 3-5, 1997.
• Progress report to the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, June 1998.
• Progress report to the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Submitted by Philander Smith College, June 15, 2000. Dr. William D. Lindsey & Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed.

Box 12

• Volume 1: Philander Smith College self-study report, Spring 2007. Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Volume 3: Handbooks Philander Smith College self-study report, Spring 2007. . Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Philander Smith College Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools self-study report, Spring 2007 (Chapters 1-5).
• Reynolds Library & Technology Center, NCA Report, Volume 1, 2007.
• Reynolds Library & Technology Center, NCA Report, Volume 2 & 3, 2007.

Box 13

• Focused visit report: Philander Smith College on finances prepared for the November 2-3, 2009 focused visit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to Philander Smith College.
• Philander Smith College NCATE & NCA reports, correspondence and documentation, 2010.
• The Higher Learning Commission NCA Monitoring report on finances and enrollment, 2010. Philander Smith College.
• The Higher Learning Commission NCA report on assessment, Philander Smith College, submitted by Dr. Walter Kimbrough, President Philander Smith College, December 2010.
• NCA Newsletter, Vol. 1(1), October 2013 and Vol. 2(2), January 2014.
• 2014 Self-study report prepared for the Higher Learning Commission of NCA. Submitted by Dr. Lloyd E. Hervey, Interim President, September 2014.

Box 14

• reports, documentation, correspondence: NCA & NCATE (1964-1978).

 

Approval Agency Reports & Correspondence, 1968-1981

University Senate of the United Methodist Church (Commission on Black Colleges)

Box 15

• A self-study report: The on-site visitation of the Commission on Black Colleges, the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church, February 22-24, 1994. Submitted by Dr. Myer L. Titus, President.
• Institutional report to the Commission on Black Colleges, the University Senate of the United Methodist Church, November 2000. Submitted by Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed, President.
• Institutional report to the Commission on Black Colleges, the University Senate of the United Methodist Church, April 2005, Submitted by Dr. Walter Kimbrough, President.
• Institutional Report to the Commission on Black Colleges, the University Senate of the United Methodist Church, Vol. 1 & 2, September 2010. Submitted by Dr. Walter Kimbrough, President.
• Institutional report to the University Senate of the United Methodist Church, Vol. 1. Submitted by Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, President, August 2015.
• Institutional report to the University Senate of the United Methodist Church, Vol. II: Self-study report to the Higher Learning Commission NCA, 2014. Submitted by Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, August 2015.

AR State and National Education Agency Reports & Correspondence

Box 16

• American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
• Arkansas Department of Higher Education
• Arkansas’ Independent Colleges & Universities
• Association of American Colleges (AAC)
• National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
• Committee on Higher Education and Camus Ministry, AR United Methodist Church
• American Council on Education’s National Identification Program
• Report to the Commission on Coordination of Higher Educational Finance of Arkansas, 1967.
• National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church (NASCUMC) Semiannual Meeting, February 4-5, 1992.
• Preliminary results of NIICU survey on minority scholarships at independent colleges and universities. National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities, January 1991.

Funding Agency Reports, Grant Proposals & Correspondence

Black College Fund (Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the UMC)

Box 17

• Black College Fund, Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church, 1973-1984

Title III

Box 18

• Title III policies, 1977, 1980-1981, 2004-2005

United Negro College Fund (UNCF)

Box 19

• UNCF correspondence, 1962-1983
• UNCF by-laws and amendments, 1965-1969
• Higher Education Act restoration authorization, 1990
• UNCF speeches 1962-1983
• Statistical reports, 1967-1989
• Statistical reports, 1991, 1995
• Directories, UNCF member institutions and faculty, 1969-1980
• Directories, UNCF member institutions and faculty, 1981-1996
• Special programs and events, 1983-1998
• United Negro College Fund 50^th Anniversary Symposium Proceedings, October 3-4, 1994.
• UNCF news clippings, 1979-1991
• UNCF Clips: A media report, October 1993-March 1994.
• Financial reports/capital campaign documents, 1967-1995
• UNCF Annual Meeting of Members, 1962
• Philander Smith College inventory assembled for the UNCF, July 2, 1967.
• Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the UNCF, December 4, 1968.
• Report of the President of the National Alumni Council of the Board of Trustees, March 20, 1969.
• Executive Committee Board of Directors, April 15, 1969
• Report of the Nominating Committee at UNCF Meeting, Hotel Roosevelt, New York, NY, March 9, 1970.
• Annual Report, March 9-10, 1970
• 32^nd Annual Conference, UNCF, NAC & NPAC, February 9-12, 1978.
• Final report of the Department of Employment Training Development, July 1-August 31, 1979.
• A brief report on the reactions of Presidents & Trustees, 1980.
• Fall General Meeting of the Members, October 7, 1982.
• Annual Meeting of the Members, March 10, 1983.
• Annual Meeting of the Members, March 7, 1991.

Box 20

• Fall Meeting of the Members, October 6-7, 2004
• Address to the member Presidents, October 7, 2004
• Fall Meeting of the Members, October 5-6, 2005
• Annual Meeting of the Members, March 2-3, 2005
• New Presidents’ Orientation, October 4, 2005
• Address to the Member Presidents, March 3, 2005/Reports to the Presidents, October 2005
• Fall Meeting of the Members, October 4-5, 2006
• Annual Meeting of the Members, March 8-9, 2006
• Report to the Presidents, March & October 2006
• Annual Meeting of the Members, March 7-8, 2007
• Fall Meeting of the Members, October 11, 2007
• Report to the Presidents, March & October 2007
• UNCF Identity Recommendations & Rationale, October 11, 2007
• Annual Meeting of the Members, March 5-6, 2008
• Fall Meeting of the Members, October 1-2, 2008
• Report to the Presidents, March 6-7, 2008
• Report of the President, October 1-3, 2008
• Development report, March 5-6, 2009
• Report of the President, March 5-6, 2009
• President’s report/Overview of Progress, October 2009
• Annual & Fall Meeting of the Members, March/October 2009
• Annual & Fall Meeting of the Members, March/ October 2010
• Report of the President, March & October 2010
• Fall Meeting of the Members, October 5-6, 2011

Grant Proposals

Box 21

• Demonstration proposal: An experimental demonstration project in implementing a massive adult basic education program by utilizing existing physical and human resources in Pulaski County, June 1970.
• National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, Humanities Curriculum Development Program at PSC, November 5, 1970.
• Report to the United Methodist Church by Dr. Hazo Carter, March 21, 1984
• Grant proposals, Business and Economics, 1984
• Grant proposals, Renovation of Men’s and Women’s Residence Halls, February 15, 1985
• Grant proposals, Science, 1985-1986
• Grant proposals, Education, 1985-1986
• Grant awards, MBRS Program, 1987-1988
• Notice of Grant Award, MBRS Program for Undergraduate Colleges, 1995-1996
• Correspondence/ grant information, Dr. Hazo Carter, 1984
• Application for federal assistance: Philander Smith College Community Learning Center, February 8, 1994.
• Grant proposal: S. C. Johnson Wax Fund, Inc. February 26, 1996
• Grant, NEH support letters, April 2000
• Award letter to Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed from the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust, March 6, 2000.

Academic Affairs Program Reports & Proposals

Box 22

Assessments and Academic Advising

• A report on some aspects of the testing program of Philander Smith College, by Crawford J. Mims, December 14, 1965.
• Academic advising: A cornerstone of student retention at Philander Smith College, a training manual and handbook for advising, (n. d.).
• Three-year institutional assessment plan, Philander Smith College, Summer 2009.
• Assessment of student academic achievement three-year plan: 1994-1997, Academic Affairs Assessment Program.

Black Family Studies Program

• A proposal for the Black Family Studies Program, ca. 1999
• Black Family Studies Initiative on Consciousness 2002-2003 Annual Report, submitted by Joseph L. Jones, 2003.
• Our story: A comprehensive historical guide to the African American experience, edited by Joseph L. Jones, 2003.
• Memo from Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed to PSC departments, divisions and students regarding the National Institute for Black Family Life Studies, February 23, 2002.
• Framed poster (signed), Philander Smith College Black Family Studies Program: The Clifford E. Alma Hawkins Minton Annual Lectureship Series featuring Dr. Andrew Billingsley, April 14, 2000 (on shelf).

Box 23

Division of Business Administration

• The Black Executive exchange program, Fall 1999: BEEP narrative report, Philander Smith College by Andrew Nwanne, Ph.D.

Division of Education

• Proposal to improve learning through the development of excellence in teaching, 2002.
• Philander Smith College Division of Education classroom field experiences handbook, 1992.
• Philander Smith College Division of Education classroom field experiences handbook, 1997.

Philander Smith Management Institute

• Program guide: Philander Smith Management Institute: A Bachelor of Arts degree completion program for adults with two or more years of college (1993).
• Final report of the President’s Special Task Force on probationary status, change of grades, updated transcripts, incomplete grades, Records and Administration Office procedures, and the Philander Smith Management Institute (April 27, 1993).
• Supplement to Special Task Force Final Report, 1993.

Philander Smith Weekend College

• Introduction report for Philander Smith Weekend College, July 29, 2002.
• Philander Smith Weekend College Handbook, March 31, 2003.

 

Student Affairs and Enrollment Management

Box 24

Career Counseling

• Career counselling and placement annual report, 1969-1970, by Mrs. L. H. Casson, Director.
• Philander Smith College Career Guide, 1995-1996.
• Job Fair 1996, Philander Smith College, April 10, 1996.

Safety & Security

• Philander Smith College crime statistics and crime rates, academic year 1997-98.
• Philander Smith College annual fire & safety report, 2011.

Financial Aid & Admissions

• A report on the Morton Consortium on Admissions and Financial Aid by Johnny Q. Currie (n. d.).
• Predictive validity and Black college students: A review and discussion by Dr. Robert L. Albright, Director, MCAFA.

Housing and Residential Life

• Minority business opportunities in the subcontracting plan: Philander Smith Student Housing. Camden Builders, Inc. May 22, 2002.

 

Institutional Advancement and Development: Capital Campaign projects, proposals & reports

Box 25

• Philander Smith College application to the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, May 7, 1990.
• Philander Smith College Development Program Case Statement: Pathway to Success, 1990.
• Philander Smith College Development Program: 1990-1991 Plan of Organization.
• Philander Smith College Capital Campaign Plan of Organization, 1994.
• Leadership Development for the Public Phase of the $900,000 Completion Campaign. Prepared by Mike Munson, 1996.
• Special Presentation for the Riggs Benevolent Fund. Prepared by Myer L. Titus, 1996.
• Office of Institutional Advancement. Philander Smith College Investment Analysis as of June 30, 2006.

 

Fiscal Affairs Reports

Box 26

Business Office

• Receipts: Checks received in the President’s Office, 1989-1992
• PSC Financial statements and independent auditors’ reports, 1996-1997
• PSC Financial statements and independent auditors’ reports, 2003-2005
• Accountants’ Reports and Financial Statements, June 2006-2008

Physical Plant & Grounds

• Post-Installation Report: Year 1 energy savings report for Philander Smith College. June 8, 2011.
• PSC Performance contract savings review: January – December 1997.

Human Resources

• Policies and Procedures of Philander Smith College, 1988-1989.
• Policies and Procedures of Philander Smith College, 1993.

Campus Committee Reports, 1949-2000

Box 27

• Department of Art, 1948
• Administrative Council, 1939, 1947-1948
• Academic Committee, 1948
• Athletic Committee, 1945-1948
• Committee on Absences, 1948
• Committee on Committee, 1948
• Communications Committee, 1948
• Counselors of Students, 1947
• Education Curriculum, 1948
• Fraternities and Sororities, 1946
• Committee on Instruction, 1945-1948
• Committee on Research, 1946
• Curriculum Activities, 1946-1948
• Examinations and Testing, 1946-1948
• Head Residents of Women’s Dormitories, 1948
• Inter-fraternal Committees, 1946-1948
• Library, 1945-1948
• Reception and Host, 1946-1947
• Social Activities, 1945-1948
• Special Advisory Committee on Pre-Medical Education, 1948
• Student Personnel, 1944-1948
• Teacher and Training, 1947-1948
• PSC Administration, 1947-1949
• PSC Faculty, 1948
• Instruction, 1945-1948
• Language and Literature to the Faculty, 1949
• Library Circulation Statistics, 1945-1949
• Library, Distribution of Holdings, Expenditures, 1948
• Natural and Physical Sciences Faculty, 1948-1949
• Public Relations, PSC Purposes, Registrar’s, 1948
• Regular Faculty Meeting, 1945-1947
• PSC Retirement Plan
• Department of Sociology, Faculty
• Social Sciences Faculty Committees, 1947-1954
• Student Life and Welfare, Faculty, 1948
• Student Personnel Services, Placement, 1948
• Statistical Reports, 1946
• Teacher Training and Community Service, 1945
• Afro American Studies Committee Report, April 27, 1970
• Teacher Education Committee, November 6, 1979

 

 

Box 28

• Administrative Council Meeting Minutes, 1967-1980

 

Box 29

• President’s Cabinet Meeting Minutes, 1988-2000

 

Strategic Plans, 1967-2016

Box 30

• Comprehensive analysis and long-range plan, Philander Smith College, March 1, 1967.
• Philander Smith College long-range planning five-year mission program, 1975-1980. Planning Office, Philander Smith College.
• Strategic plan, 1995-2002. Philander Smith College.
• Strategic Plan (working draft), Philander Smith College February 28, 1998
• Philander Smith College Renaissance Plan, Phase One and Two: 2006-2012
• Philander Smith College 2014-2019 Strategic Plan
• The 10-year long-range strategic plan, Philander Smith College (public version), 2016-2026.
• The 10-year long-range strategic plan, Philander Smith College (full draft), 2016-2026.

Institutional Data, Factbooks, Student Profiles and Fact Sheets, 1967-2018

Box 31

• Basic Institutional Data, Philander Smith College, January 1967.
• 1980 Factbook, Philander Smith College. Office of Institutional Research.
• 1990-91 Factbook, Second Edition. Prepared by the Office of Institutional Research, Tom V. Burl, Sr. and Harriett L. Hall.
• 1994-95 Factbook, Third Edition. Prepared by the Office of Institutional Research, Tom V. Burl, Sr. and Harriett L. Hall.
• Student Body Profile, Philander Smith College, Fall 1997. Prepared by the Office of Enrollment Management and Records, November 17, 1997.
• Philander Smith College Student Profile, 2000-2001.
• Philander Smith College Fact Sheets, 2008-2018.

Special Reports (non-PSC)

Box 32

• Special Training Institute for Teachers and Administrators of the Little Rock Public Schools Concerned with problems of school desegregation. (1967).
• Proceeding of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Research Seminar. Grambling State University, December 9-10, 1986.
• Santa Fe Community College crisis management team handbook. December 18, 2002.

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Collection

L. Stacey

L. Stacey

2018-06-01

08.REPT.2018.01

D. W. Reynolds Library, Archives and Special Collections, Philander Smith College.

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