Accreditation Records, 1923-2009
| Elmhurst College

BOX 1
Accreditation records
1 Correspondence with North Central Association, 1923-1934
2 EC information submitted, 1925
3 Correspondence with NCACSS, 1925-1926
4 EC information submitted to NCACSS, 1926
5 EC information submitted to NCACSS, 1927
6 Report of Committee on Athletics to Commission on Higher Education of NCACSS, 1927
7 Correspondence with the University of Illinois, 1927-1934
8 Corresondence with NCACSS, 1928
9 Report on visit by the University of Illinois, 1929
10 Information submitted to the University of Illinois Committee on Admissions from Higher Institutions, 1929-1932
11 Report on EC submitted to NCACSS, 1930
12 Reports on EC submitted to NCACSS, 1931
13 Report of NCACSS visit, 1931
14 Correspondence with NCACSS, 1931
15 No file
16 Report submitted to NCACSS, 1932
17 Report of NCACSS visit to EC, 1932
18 Correspondence with NCACSS, 1932
19 Report of EC Board on status of accreditation, 1932
20 NCACSS policies, regulations, and standards for accrediting secondary schools, 1933
21 Correspondence with NCACSS, 1933
22 Report on EC submitted to NCACSS, 1933
23 Supplementary Report on the Library, submitted to NCACSS, 1933
24 Report on Athletics and PE, submitted to NCACSS, 1933
25 Report of NCACSS visit, 1933
26 Report on Elmhurst College submitted to Committee on Admissions, University of Illinois, 1933
27 Financial report submitted to NCACSS, 1933
28 Report of NCACSS visit, 1933
29 University of Illinois report, 1934
30 Correspondence with NCACSS, 1934
31 Report on Elmhurst College from Committee on Admission from Higher Institutions, University of Illinois, 1934
32 Report of NCACSS visit, 1934
33 Correspondence with NCACSS, 1934
34 "Outline of Personnel Program for the Small College," by A. J. Brumbaugh, 1936
35 NCACSS constitution, 1940
36"Report of survey of Elmhurst College" by John Dale Russell, University of Chicago, 1941
37 Correspondence with NCACSS, 1943-1946
38 Financial report to NCACSS, 1946-1947
39 "A Statement on Elmhurst College," prepared for review visit, 1959
40 "Report of the Review Team on Elmhurst College," 1959
41 President's Report, ca. 1968
42 "Report to the Visiting Team, State Teacher Certification Board," 1968
BOX 2
1 Examiners' Report, NCACSS, 1968-1969
2 "Report to the General Synod from the Joint Committee of the Board for Homeland Ministries and Committee for Higher Education," 1969
3 "Report of a Visit to Elmhurst College for the Commission on Colleges and Universities of the NCACSS", 1969
4 "Teacher Education at Elmhurst College. Report to NCATE," 1969
5 "Elmhurst College Institutional Profile and Basic Institutional Data," 1968-1969
6 "Elmhurst College Self Study Report," 1971
7 Memos from President Frick, 1977-1978
8 "Teacher Education at Elmhurst College. Report to NCATE," 1978
BOX 3
1 "Institutional Self Study Report," 1978-1979 (Nov. 1978)
2 "Institutional Self Study and Tenth Year Review," January 1979
3 Report of NCACSS visit, 1979
4 North Central Study Continuation Committee, 1979-1980
5 "Deicke Center for Nursing Education: Self-evaluation report," 1983
6 Memos from President Frick, 1986-1988
7 "North Central Association Self Study Committee -- Future", 1988
BOX 4
1 "Elmhurst College NCACSS Self Study," 1988-1989
2 "Teacher Education at Elmhurst College," 1989
3 "Tenth Year Report" prepared for the Illinois State Board of Education, 1989
4 Report of NCACSS visit, 1989
5 "Deicke Center for Nursing Education. Self Study Report," 1992
BOX 5
NAC 1988-89
1. SELF STUDY DRAFT
2. SELF STUDY DRAFT REPORT
3. SELF STUDY REPORT
4. SELF STUDY REPORT APPENDICES
BOX 6
NCA 1988-89 CONTINUED
1. SELF STUDY PLANNING & REVIEW
2. STEERING COMMITTEE MINUTES
3. EVALUATION TEAM
4. INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE SURVEY
BOX 7
1988-89 NCA CONTINUED
1. SURVEY RESULTS - STUDENTS & ALUMNI
2. VISIT REPORT FEB 27-MAC 1, 1989
3. BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACTION ON VISIT
4. VARIOUS MINUTES, MEETINGS & DOCUMENTS (1 OF 2)
5. VARIOUS MINUTES, MEETINGS & DOCUMENTS (2 OF 2)
1998-99 NCA
6. CRITERION ONE COMMITTEE
7. CRITERION TWO COMMITTEE
8. CRITERION THREE COMMITTEE
9. CRITERION FOUR COMMITTEE
10. CRITERION FIVE COMMITTEE
11. INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE
12. BOARD OF TRUSTEES SELF ASSESSMENT
BOX 8
1998-99 NCA CONTINUED
1. FACULTY/DEPARTMENT SELF STUDY (1 OF 2)
2. FACULTY/DEPARTMENT SELF STUDY (2 OF 2)
3. FINANCIAL/PHYSICAL PLANT SELF STUDY (1 OF 2)
4. FINANCIAL/PHYSICAL PLANT SELF STUDY (2 OF 2)
BOX 9
1998-99 NCA CONTINUED
1. BASIC INSTITUTIONAL DATA
2. COLLEGE ADVANCEMENT SELF STUDY
3. STUDENT AFFAIRS SELF STUDY
4. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SELF STUDY
5. ADMISSIONS & FINANCIAL AID SELF STUDY
6. SELF STUDY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
7. SELF STUDY REPORT
8. SELF STUDY REPORT APPENDICES
BOX 10
1998-99 NCA CONTINUED
1. APPENDIX - CHANGE REQUEST
2. DRAFT ASSESSMENT REPLY
3. VISIT REPORT APR 19-21, 1999
4. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE/MEMOS
5. INTERIM ASSESSMENT PROGRESS REPORT JUN 2002
BOX 11
NCA CONTINUED
1. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE/ MEMOS 1971-95
2. STUDENT ASSESSMENT STRUCTURES 1995-98
3. MASTER DEGREE PROGRAMS 1997
4. MASTER DEGREE PROGRAMS VISIT REPORT JUL 14-15, 1997
5. GRADUATE PROGRAM VISIT APR 19-21, 1999
6. MASTER DEGREE PROGRAM REQUEST FOR INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE JUN 2000
7. MASTER DEGREE PROGRAM - MBA AUG 12, 2002
8. ASSESSMENT AT ELMHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1998 (UNDATED)
BOX 12
2007-09 NCA
1. ASSESSMENT PROGRESS REPORT 2004
2. FACULTY/DEPARTMENT SELF STUDY REPORTS (1 OF 2)
3. FACULTY/DEPARTMENT SELF STUDY REPORTS (2 OF 2)
4. INSTITUTIONAL SELF STUDY REPORT - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
5. INSTITUTIONAL SELF STUDY REPORT - PROFILE
6. INSTITUTIONAL SELF STUDY GENERAL REPORT
7. INSTITUTIONAL SELF STUDY REPORT APPENDICES
BOX 13
ISBE
1. FIFTH YEAR REPORT PREPARED FOR VISIT ON APR 17-20, 1994
2. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE/MEMOS
NCATE/ISBE
3. EDUCATION DEPT RE-ACCREDIDATION REPORT
BOUND VOLUMES:
1 Report of a Survey of Elmhurst College, 1941 (Bound copy of document in Box 1.
2 Accreditation Application: Elmhurst College Teacher Education Programs, Correspondence and Team Visit Papers, Illinois State Teacher Certification Board, July 1968
3 Accreditation Application: Elmhurst College Masters Degree Programs, Correspondence and Team Visit Reports, North Central Association, December 1971

These records document the accreditation of Elmhurst College by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Also included in the collection are records documenting the approval of Elmhurst's credentials by the University of Illinois Committee on Admisstions prior to Elmhurst's accreditation by the North Central Association (NCA).
Also found are documents relation to the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. (NCATE).
Reports, surveys, self studies, and correspondence are arranged chronologically.