Records of Institutional Effectiveness

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37

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Records of Institutional Effectiveness

Fecha(s)

  • 1934-2003 (Creación)

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8.82 linear feet

Nombre del productor

Historia administrativa

This office was established by St. Cloud State president George Selke in 1938.

Its main task has been to gather statistics on various functions of the university, including enrollment, credit hours, faculty/student ratios, salaries, faculty, and research, all to help administrative decision-making. At various times, this office was in charge coordinating external grants.

1938-1967?: Bureau of Research

1967-1969?: Bureau of Institutional Research

1969?-1979: Office of Institutional Research

1979-1981: Office of Institutional Studies and Research

1981-1983: Office of Institutional Studies and Sponsored Research

1983-1997: Office of Institutional Studies

1997-2002: Office of Institutional Research and Planning

2002-2005?: SUSPENDED

2005: Office of Institutional Research and Planning

2005-2010+: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Heads of this unit include:

1938-1951?: E.M. Paulu

1951?-1964?: Marvin Holmgren

1964?-1979: Paul Ingwell

1979-1983: Lora Robinson

1983-1997?: Tom Stein

1997?-2002: Mary Soroko

2002-2005: SUSPENDED

2005: Guihua Li

2005-2009: Lisa Foss (interim)

2009-2010+: Lisa Foss

Using only records available from Archives, this history is likely incomplete.

Nombre del productor

(1869-2023+)

Historia administrativa

St. Cloud State University was established by the state of Minnesota in 1869 as the Third State Normal School.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

This collection contains records of Institutional Effectiveness. Founded in the late 1930s, the main task of this office was to "organize and conduct research studies to provide information and data, serving as a basis for University decision making..." The bulk of the records here serve that purpose, gathering and presenting information about St. Cloud State students, faculty, curriculum, and facilities.

Series 1: Administrative Records

This series contains annual reports, history of Institutional Effectiveness, and faculty rosters.  The faculty rosters are significant as they list biographical information about St. Cloud State faculty, including salary.  There are additional faculty rosters in Series 2 on microfiche.

Series 2: Reports

This series has a wide variety of reports, nearly all related to St. Cloud State.  Many of the reports are related to students, including enrollment, ACT profiles of incoming freshmen, grade distribution, and faculty-student ratios.  Other reports are arranged by topic and are listed individually to facilitate access.

Other significant records include those that give a snapshot of St. Cloud State University. This includes the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), 1966-1980, to the federal government's Department of Education. HEGIS reported on student enrollment, campus facilities devoted to instruction, finances of the university, and degrees awarded. The summary of academic data, dating from 1982 to 2003, compiled information at the department, college and university level about students and student enrollment, including year, gender and major, faculty and staff, credits generated, and class size.

Microfiche is included in this series, likely reports run from the office's database. By academic term, these records report on student enrollment, faculty, instructional load, courses offered and their history, ethnic and racial background of students, students martial status, and transfers to St. Cloud State.

University Archives does have digital records taken from this office's website but are not included in this finding aid.

Sistema de arreglo

This collection is arranged in two series:

Series 1: Administrative Records

These records are in alphabetical order and then in chronological order.  The faculty rosters are not housed together in this series due to boxes two and three being oversize.

Series 2: Reports

The reports, except for the microfiche, were arranged by topic. Each report, when possible, were listed individually in each folder and arranged in chronological order to facilitate access.

Records located at 30B.1a-2f and 1B.3a-b.

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There are no access restrictions except where noted.

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Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.

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  • inglés

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    Processed by Tom Steman in May-July 2010.

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