Colorado Mesa University Accreditation records
Contents
The Colorado Mesa University Accreditation records include self studies and final reports from accrediting bodies responsible for determining the fitness of the instution and its programs to offer higher education degrees. Other records pertaining to the accreditation process such as correspondence may also be included in some instances.
Dates
- Creation: 1935-2023
Access to the collection
Open for research in Tomlinson Library Special Collections and Archives. Please make an appointment at archives@coloradomesa.edu to ensure staff availability.
Use of material in the collection
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Colorado Mesa University, Tomlinson Library, its administrators, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that they are an owner of copyright.
Historical Note
The first known evaluation of the institution by something like an accrediting body was conducted by the University of Illinois in 1935 to determine Grand Junction State Junior College's suitability as a junior college. The institution passed that evaluation and has been evaluated by a variety of appropriate accrediting bodies since then. Currently Colorado Mesa University's accrediting body is the Higher Learning Commission.
Extent
3 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Summary
Records related to the accreditation of Colorado Mesa University since its founding in 1925, including accreditation of individual programs.
Arrangement
Records will be arranged according to the level of accreditation (institutional versus program specific) and chronologically within those series.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records were transferred to Special Collections and Archives from the President's Office, the Office of Academic Affairs, individual program or departments, and the Office of Institutional Research.
Separated Materials
Supporting evidence provided to accreditors to assist in their evaluation of the institution and its programs has in most cases been removed because it duplicates records found in other collections within the University Archives. Per records management retention schedules, the institutional self studies and final reports of the accreditors constitute the only official records of the accreditation process.
- Title
- Guide to the Colorado Mesa University Accreditation records
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Amber J. D'Ambrosio
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Tomlinson Library Special Collections & Archives Repository
1100 North Avenue
Tomlinson Library
Grand Junction CO 81504 United States
archives@coloradomesa.edu