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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (NCACS), 1930-1998.
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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (NCACS), 1930-1998.

  • UWRF Series 19
  • collection
  • 1930-1998.

The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, founded in 1895, is one of six similar regionally based organizations in the United States whose purpose is the accreditation of higher educational institutions.
The bulk of the materials included in this series pertains to the initial accreditation of the River Falls State Teachers College in 1935. These include correspondence, a 1932 faculty roster, faculty records, completed schedules relating to various aspects of the school’s facilities, the Dec. 1934 application for accreditation, and a July 1935 report of inspection. Materials pertaining to later relations between the school and the NCACS are also included in the series. Among these are correspondence to 1948, miscellaneous completed schedules, 1945 faculty records, a number of printed NCACS reports and studies, and a 1962 proposal and request for accreditation of a Mater of Science degree in Teaching.

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