urn:taro:rice.wrc.00255 Guide to the Rice University Self-Study records Inventory prepared by Philip L. Montgomery Woodson Research Center
Rice University, Houston, Texas
August 21, 2006 Finding aid encoded by Philip L. Montgomery , Fondren Library July 11, 2006 Finding aid written inEnglish. 20060821 Edited with Oxygen 7.2 by Philip Montgomery according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions Descriptive Summary Rice University Archives, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University Rice University Rice University Self-Study records 1963-1995 12.5 cubic feet (24 boxes) Since 1963, Rice has conducted a self study every 10 years as part of an accreditation process. The university takes an intensive look at itself and examines all aspect of university life and activity, including faculty, staff, students and infrastructure. The collections includes 12.5 cubic feet of documents and related corporate materials for self studies from 1963 to 1995. The record includes meeting minutes, reports, surveys, correspondence, computer generated reports and published materials. UA 023 English Historical Note

Rice University's first class started in 1912. Since that time the university has been dedicated to excellence in undergraduate and graduate student education and in research. As part of the accreditation process Rice began conducting self studies in the 1960s. This intense look inward occurs every 10 years and examines all aspect of university life and activity, including faculty, staff, students and infrastructure.

Scope and Contents

Rice University in Houston, Texas conducts a self study about every 10 years as part of an accreditation process. The university takes an intensive look at its self and examines all aspect of Rice university life and activity, including faculty, staff, students and infrastructure. This collection contains the documents, correspondence and corporate materials related to the self studies. The collections includes 12 cubic feet of documents (24 boxes) and related corporate materials for Rice self studies from 1963 to 1995.

Organization

Organized into four series: Self study records: 1963-1964 Self study records: 1973-1974 Self study records: 1984-1985 Self study records: 1991-1995

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the the Self-Study records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Custodial History

Materials were transfered from the Rice administration directly to the Woodson Reserach Center.

 Index Terms

Names: Organizations: Rice University Subjects: Rice University|xSelf Study.|?UNAUTHORIZED Preferred Citation

The Rice University Self-Study records, UA 023, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

 Acquisition Information

Collection acquired from Rice University administration.

 Processing Information

The Woodson accessioned the self-study records in roughly ten-year intervals following the cycle of self-studies. The materials were arranged in logical series based on that ten-year cycle.

 Accruals

The Woodson expects to acquire future additions to this collection following the pattern of the 10-year self-study cycle.

 Detailed Description of the Collection Self study records 1963-1964

Some of the material in this series is dated as late as 1967, but the bulk of the items fall within the series range of 1963 to 1964.

 11 Ten-year projection; 1963-1964 12 Miscellaneous; 1963-1964 13 SACs Visiting Committee Report; 1965 14 President K.S. Pitzer's preliminary draft of summary of ten year acedemic plan for Rice; folder 1 of 2; May 1964 15 President K.S. Pitzer's preliminary draft of summary of ten year acedemic plan for Rice; folder 2 of 2; May 1964 16 Follow-up report; 1966-1967 Self study records 1973-1974

Some of the material in this series is dated as early as 1964 or as late as 1983, but the bulk of the items fall within the series range of 1973 to 1974.

 17 Advisory panel Meetings 1973 18 Community Leaders Survey circa 1973

Includes lists of labor union, church, legislature, alumni contacts.

 21 Minutes and Miscelaneous; folder 1 of 3; 1964-1974 22 Minutes and Miscelaneous; folder 2 of 3; 1964-1974 23 Minutes and Miscelaneous; folder 3 of 3; 1964-1974 24 SACS, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Dr. Gordon Sweet 1971-1972, undated 25 Seminar/Discussion Meetings; 1973-1974 26 Academic Affairs Committee; 1972-1973 31 AAC Minutes; 1972-1973 32 ACT Questions; circa 1973-1974 33 ACT, Institutional Self-study Service (ISS), research design, student survey forms; circa 1973-1974 34 Attitudinal Survey Reports; 1973-1974 35 Final Attitudinal Questionnaire; circa 1973 36 Exxon Education Foundation; 1972-1973, undated 37 Preliminary Questionnaires; 1973, undated 38 Requests from Other Schools for Copies of Their SS Reports; 1972-1973 39 Source Lists; folder 1 of 2; 1973, undated 310 Source Lists; folder 2 of 2; 1973, undated 41 Self Study Questionaires 1973 42 Accounting Office; 1965-1973 43 Admissions Office; 1966-1973 4 4 Athletics; 1973-1983

This folder contains a 1976 draft of a document in which an unnamed committee makes recommendations regarding full compliance with Title IX for women, the athletic budget, and the recruitment of "Blacks" for Rice athletics. The document also contains a handwritten note dated 1983 referring to the committee's actions.

 4 5 Board of Governors; 1973 4 6 Business Office; 1973 4 7 Colleges; 1973 4 8 Committee on Public Lectures; 1973, undated 4 9 Committee on Undergraduate Teaching; 1973, undated 4 10 Dean of Advanced Study and Research; 1973 4 11 Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences; 1973 4 12 Dean of Science and Engineering; 1973 4 13 Dean of Students; 1973 414 Dean of Undergraduate Affairs; 1967-1973 415 Financial Aid Office; 1973 416 Graduate Council; 1973 417 Honor Council 1973 418 Information Services; 1973 419 ICSA (Institute for Computer Services and Applications); 1973 51 Library; 1973 52 President's Office 1973 53 Psychiatric Services; 1973 54 Publications; 1973 55 ROTC Committee; 1973 56 Rice Memorial Chapel 1973 57 Student Association and Graduate Student Association; 1973 58 Student Health Committee; 1973 59 Systems Program; 1966-1974, undated 510 University Council; 1973 511 Preliminary Outline; 1973 61 Final Form of Report; circa 1973-1974 62 Distribution of Reports; 1973-1974, undated 63 Non-academic Affairs Committee; 1973-1974, undated 64 NAAC Minutes; 1973-1974, undated 65 NAAC Questionnaires to Offices, etc.; 1973 66 NAAC Questionnaires to Staff Members; folder 1 of 2; 1973, undated 67 NAAC Questionnaires to Staff Members; folder 2 of 2; 1973, undated 71 NAAC Preliminary Findings; circa 1973 72 Anthropology; 1967-1973, undated 73 Architecture; folder 1 of 2; circa 1973 74 Architecture; folder 2 of 2; circa 1973 75 Behavioral Sciences; circa 1973 7 6 Biochemistry; 1970-1973 7 7 Biology; 1973 7 8 Chemical Engineering 1972-1973 8 1 Chemistry; 1972-1974 8 2 Civil Engineering; 1973 8 3 Economics and Accounting 1972-1973 8 4 Education; 1973 8 5 Electrical Engineering; 1972-19703 8 6 English; 1972-1973 8 7 Environmental Science and Engineering; circa 1973 8 8 Fine Arts; 1971-1973 9 1 French and Italian; circa 1973 9 2 Geology; 1973 9 3 German and Russian; 1972-1973 9 4 Health and Physical Education; 1973 9 5 History; 1972-1973 9 6 Linguistics; circa 1973 9 7 Managerial Studies; 1973 9 8 Mathematical Sciences; 1973 9 9 Mathematics circa 1973 9 10 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science; circa 1973 10 1 Music; circa 1973 10 2 Philosophy; 1973 10 3 Physics; circa 1973-1974 10 4 Political Science; circa 1973 10 5 Psychology; 1972-1973 10 6 Religious Studies; 1973 11 1 Sociology; 1973 11 2 Space Science; folder 1 of 2; circa 1973 11 3 Space Science; folder 2 of 2; circa 1973 11 4 Spanish, Portuguese, Classics; circa 1973 11 5 1a. Accounting; 1973 11 6 1b . Budgeting; 1973 11 7 1d. Store rooms; 1973 11 8 1e. Shops; 1973 11 9 2a.b.d. Business Office; 1973 11 10 2c. Affirmative Action Committee; 1973 11 11 3a. President's Office; 1973 11 12 3b. Provost's Office; 1973 11 13 3c. Board of Governors; 1973 11 14 3d. Faculty Council; 1973 11 15 3e. Humanities and Social Science Research Council; 1973 11 16 3f. Dean of Advanced Studies; 1973 11 17 Science and Engineering Research Council; 1973 11 18 Chapter 4 NAAC - Draft Student Affairs; 1973 11 19 4a. Dean of Students Office; 1973 11 20 4b. Student Health Committee; 1973 11 21 4c. Placement Office; 1973 11 22 4d. Security and Safety; 1973 11 23 4e. Student Association; 1973 11 24 4e. Graduate Student Association; 1973 11 25 4e. Rice Players; 1973 11 26 4e. Marching Owl Band; 1973 12 1 4e. KTRU; 1973 12 2 4e. Thresher; 1973 12 3 4e. Campanile; 1973 12 4 4e. Honor Council; 1973 12 5 4e. Program Council; 1973 12 6 4f. Campus Safety Committee; 1973 12 7 4g. Student Health Service; 1973 12 8 4h. Religious Activities; 1973 12 9 5a. Food Services; 1973 12 10 Baker; 1973 12 11 Brown; 1973 12 12 Hanszen; 1973 12 13 Jones; 1973 12 14 Lovett; 1973 12 15 Will Rice; 1973 12 16 Sid Richardson; 1973 12 17 Weiss; 1973 12 18 5c. College Masters Committee; 1973 12 19 5d. College System; 1973 12 20 Chapter 6 - Development - Draft; 1973 12 21 6a. Information Services; 1973 12 22 6b. Alumni Office; 1973, undated 12 23 6c. Development Office; 1973 12 24 7a. Physcial Education Dept. Services; 1973 12 25 7b. Athletics; 1972-1973 12 26 7c. Museum (Media Center); 1973 13 1 7d. RMC and Bookstore; 1973 13 2 7e. Inter-Collegiate Athletic Committee; 1973 13 3 8. Academic Records and Dean of Undergraduate Affairs; 1973 13 4 9a. ICSA; 1973 13 5 9b. Library; 1973 13 6 Comments on AAC Questionnaires; circa 1973 13 7 Responses to NAAC Questionnaires; circa 1973 13 8 High Lights of Questionnaires; 1973 13 9 Printouts and Notes Re: Questionnaires; folder 1 of 2; circa 1973 13 10 Printouts and Notes Re: Questionnaires; folder 2 of 2; circa 1973 14 - Self Study Seminar 1973

Sony recording tape, 1 mil polyester, PR-150. Sides 1 and 2. Topics covered include forms of excellence and governance.

 14 - Self Study Seminar 1973

Sony recording tape, 1 mil polyester, PR-150. Sides 3 and 4. Topics covered include athletics, business, development, alumni affairs and student affairs.

 14 - Self Study Seminar 1973

Sony recording tape, 1 mil polyester, PR-150. Sides 5 and 6. Topics covered include the library, ICSA, university services, and "what makes Rice a special place."

 15 - Computer runs; circa 1973

The box contains printouts of student correlations, staff survey 1973; faculty attitudinal study, 1973; grad student survey, 1973.

 16 - Attitudinal Survey Data Tape; Correlations Survey; 1973-1974

The box contains a reel of magnetic tape of type Memorex/MRXIII 3200 FCI, 9-track, 1600 BIP. It also contains a computer printout.

 Series 3 - Self study records: 1984-1985

17 1 Letters of completion of Self Study to Norman Hackerman; 1985 17 2 Report of the Visiting Committee; February 10-13, 1985 17 3 Preliminary report for the panel on athletics; circa 1984 17 4 Preliminary report the panels of Rice self-study program from Rice Thresher; February 6, 1984 17 5 Draft of proposal for Self Study; February 4, 1983 17 6 On being Rice: the self-study program; circa 1984 18 1 Athletics and football subpanels; 1983-1984 18 2 Opinions on "Successful and Competitive Athletics" by various Rice community reps.; 1983-1984 18 3 Thresher clippings; 1983 Self study records: 1991-1995

19 1 Background; 1994 19 2 Committees; 1994 19 3 Compliance committee, meetings and minutes; 1994 19 4 Criteria for accreditation; circa 1993-1995 19 5 Overview and foreword; 1994-1995 19 6 Conditions of eligibility; 1996 19 7 Institutional purpose; 1994 19 8 Organizational charts; 1993 19 9 Institutional effectiveness, COFHE list of reports; 1993-1994 19 10 Appendix for criteria for accreditation; folder 1 of 2 1994 19 11 Appendix for criteria for accreditation; folder 2 of 2 1994 20 1 Post-graduate study, career services center; 1991-1994 20 2 Goals and objectives of self-study; manual on institutional effectiveness; criteria for accreditation; 1976-1994 21 1 Planning and evaluation; 1994 21 2 Student statistics; 1993-1994 21 3 Education program; 1994 21 4 Undergraduate program; 1994, undated 21 5 Undergraduate instruction; 1994 21 6 Graduate program; 1976-1995 21 7 Continuing education; 1994 21 8 Faculty; 1975-1994, undated 21 9 Consortia and contractural relationships; 1995, undated 21 10 Educational support services; 1991-1992 21 11 Library; 1994 22 1 Instructional support; 1991-1994 22 2 Computer resources and services; 1993-1994 22 3 Student development servcies; 1992-1994 22 4 Student development services; 1993-1994 22 5 Intercollegiate athletics; 1994 23 1 Intercollegiate athletics; 1994 23 2 Organization and administration; 1992, ca. 1994 23 3 Institutional advancement; 1994 23 4 Financial resources; folder 1 of 3; 1994 23 5 Financial resources; folder 2 of 3; 1994 23 6 Financial resources; folder 3 of 3; 1994 23 7 Physical resources; circa 1994 24 1 Space management; circa 1994 24 2 Safety and security; circa 1994 24 3 Externally funded grants; ca. 1995 24 4 Related corporate entities; 1994 24 5 Rice: Five year strategic plan for information services and computing; 1990 24 6 University of Florida Institutional Self Study; 1991-1992 24 - Proceedings: A Publication of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; ; March-April 1993

Reports and activities of the 97th Annual Meeting, December 6-9, 1992 in Dallas, Texas. Includes list of member institutions.

 24 - Proceedings: A Publication of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; ; March-April 1994

Reports and activities of the 98th Annual Meeting, December 13-17, 1993 in Atlanta, Georgia. Includes list of member institutions.

 24 - Rice Facts 1993; ; 1993 24 - Rice University 1994-95 Student Handbook; ; 1994-1995 24 - Resource Manual on Institutional Effectiveness; ; 1989 24 - Rice University: General Announcements; ; 1994-1995