Academic Affairs. Dean's office records, 1966-2003

Collection

Identifier: KSU-14-02-001

Staff Only

Content Description

The bulk of this collection dates from 1989 to 2003. It contains information on Building and Space Usage; Regents Exams and Enrollment Stats; Meetings; Faculty Searches, Issues, Tenure & Promotion, and Correspondence; Student Problems and Directories; Accreditation & Maintenance of Accreditation; Budgets; Courses & Schedules; P-16; and Miscellaneous Files. The Collection contains clippings and bound material as well. Other materials include correspondence and committee minutes (1966-1983). The Addition of April 2016 consists of records related to academic affairs, including affirmative action; minority enrollment; Title IX evaluations; student complaints and problems; student data; discrimination complaints; and other items.The Addition of August 2016 consists of SACS Self-Study Report (Sections IV and V), 1995.

Dates

Creation: 1966-2003

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Some folders and The Addition of April 2016 are restricted from access.

Archival materials may contain sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state “right to privacy” laws. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without the consent of those individuals may have legal cause for action if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person.

KSU archives staff have taken care to identify and, in some cases, remove sensitive information found within its archival collections when undertaking archival processing work. However, privacy protected information may be revealed during use of the archival collections, particularly in those collections that are unprocessed or have been minimally processed.

Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within the archival collections, and further agree not to publish, publicize, or disclose such information to any other party for any purpose if found within the archival collections.

Researchers agree to indemnify and hold harmless Kennesaw State University and its officers, employees, and agents from and against all suits, claims, actions, and expenses arising out of use of archival collections held by the Kennesaw State University Archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for Official University records is held by Kennesaw State University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material must be secured from the repository and/or copyright holder.

Extent

21.25 cubic feet (21 record cartons, 1 document case)

Additional Description

Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Kennesaw State University Academic Affairs Office.

Accruals and Additions

Addition of August 2016 was given to the archives by Robert B. Williams, former director of Horace W. Sturgis Library.

Addition of April 2016 was transferred to the archives from records management off-site storage facility (Accession 16-022-ks).