Correspondence

Scope and Content This collection contains files and reports generated by the Office of Institutional Research and its subsequent manifestations from the 1940s forward. The information in these files and reports arises from internal studies of the operation of the university. Additionally, beginning in the 1990s, the office administered various public service agencies allied with the university. The reports of some of those agencies are included in the collection.An office for institutional research,...

Scope and Content The first catalog of the university lists Mr. W. L. Edwards as teaching commercial, business, stenography, and penmanship classes. Vocational courses (including teacher training courses) continued to be offered until the 1960s, when an exclusive emphasis on business administrative and economic studies began to prevail. This change is reflected in the changing administrative designations.1995 – School of Business1987 – Department of Business1985 – Division of...