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Title: Western Center for Community College Development Records, 1979-2004

Predominant Dates: 1993-1997

ID: RG 235

Primary Creator: Western Center for Community College Development

Extent: 7.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Western Center for Community College Development Records document the establishment, administration, and activities of the Center which was established at Oregon State University in 1991. The Center provides professional development, opportunities for partnerships, and assistance with curriculum to community colleges in the western United States.

The Western Center for Community College Development Records were generated and assembled by the Center and document the professional development workshops and other educational training projects offered or coordinated by the center; long-range strategic planning; interactions with foundations for project funding; involvement with legislators on bills of interest to community colleges; and curriculum development. The records include budgets, correspondence, course syllabi, grant proposals, legislative bills, meeeting minutes, newsletters, project proposals and reports, publications, and photographs. The photographs depict training conferences and workshop sessions organized by the Center.

The Western Center for Community College Development was established in 1991. The Center provides professional development, opportunities for partnerships, and assistance with curriculum redesign to community, junior, and technical colleges in the 15 states served by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE). The Center is housed in the Oregon State University College of Education and is funded by the Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development. Dale Parnell served as the first director of the Center from 1992 until 1996.

More Extent Information: 300 photographs; 7 boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: Records were transferred to the Archives in 2007.

Related Materials: Brochures and news clippings about the Center are available in the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) file "MC-Western Center for Community College Development." Materials pertaining to community colleges in the 1960s thru 1980s are available in the School of Education Records (RG 184). The Special Collections and Archives Research Center collections also include the papers of OSU School of Education faculty, including the Dale P. Parnell Papers (MSS Parnell) and the E. Wayne Courtney Papers (MSS Courtney).

Preferred Citation: Western Center for Community College Development Records (RG 235), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.

Other URL: A preliminary container list was created for this collection on or before November 14, 2014.

Western Center for Community College Development
Oregon. Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development
Parnell, Dale (1928-)

Community colleges--Oregon.
Education--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon.
Oregon State University. School of Education
University History
Western Center for Community College Development

Photographic prints.