Washington University Taskforce on Undergraduate Education Records

Collection

Identifier: WUA-01-wua00091

Staff Only

This collection contains files from the Task Force on Undergraduate Education, including correspondence, surveys, minutes of the committee, self-study reports and audio recordings from the Task Force.

Dates

Creation: 1989-1997

Creator

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)

Extent

1 linear feet

1 boxes

Additional Description

Historical Information

The Task Force on Undergraduate Education formed in 1992 by Provost Edward Macias. It was chaired by Professor Burt Wheeler and composed of twenty-nine individuals from the faculty and student body. The group’s goal was to examine the present state of undergraduate education at Washington University and to determine goals for the future. The three main tasks set by Provost Macias were to consider: “What do we want Washington University education to be? What are we doing now? How well are we doing?”

The committee met formally nineteen times between 1992 and 1994. The final report of the committee was incorporated into the 1994 Washington University North Central Association (NCA) accreditation self-study report.