Self-Study Steering Committee Records, 1965-1998.

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Self-Study Steering Committee Records, 1965-1998.

Contains self-reports from various schools, departments, libraries and facilities at Duke, published in 1965, 1976, 1988 and 1998, and submitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Steering Committee. Also includes correspondence and schedules relating to campus visits made by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools visiting committees. The Library cataloged reports under several different call numbers.

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Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Southern States (U.S.)

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Duke University. Self-Study Steering Committee.

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A committee is convened once a decade to carry out a self-study of the University for its re-accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (S.A.C.S). The committee is appointed by the President and the Provost. S.A.C.S. was the name used for the reports until 1976. Beginning in 1988, the name Self-Study Steering Committee was used. Under the leadership of John Carlisle Kilgo, Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) became one of the founding members of S.A.C.S., at that time called th...

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools was founded November 6, 1895 in Atlanta, Georgia, under the name The Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Southern States. Chartered by 6 universities including Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Mississippi, and 13 secondary schools, the association hoped to pool resources and establish minimum educational standards at member institutions. The association addressed the needs of both white and African A...