History and Archival Resources in Higher Education


The Flexner Report
Medical evaluation in the United States and Canada bulletin #4
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/eLibrary/docs/flexner_report.pdf

Yale Report

Excerpts of the Yale Report, composed in 1828
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/Yale_Report.htm

Yale 1828 Curriculum Report

A large PDF of the 1828 Yale Report
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/Yale/1828_curriculum.pdf

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The Morrill Land Grant Acts
Information about the 1862 Land-Grant Act which gave federal land to states to help pay for agriculture colleges
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/morrill_acts.htm

ThePhilosophy of Liberal Education
The philosophy of liberal education, compiled by Andrew Chrucky
http://www.ditext.com/libed/libed.html

Smith-Lever Act
Learn about the Smith-Lever act, a compliment to the Land-Grant act of 1862
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/smith.htm

Bankhead-Jones Act
The Bankhead-Jones also provided land to states to provide for agricultural education
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/bankhead.htm

Sea Grant Act

Information about the Sea Grant, providing states with a way to provide marine education to their citizens
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/sea_grant.htm

GI Bill

Information about the GI Bill of
June 22, 1944 (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act)
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/GI_bill.htm

Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963
Information about the Facilities Act of 1963, a bill to provide higher education facilities

https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/facilities_bill.htm

Higher Education Act of November 8, 1965

Focused on strenghtening the educational resources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial assistance to students in postsecondary and higher education.
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/HEA.htm

1998 Amendments to the Higher Education Act
Amendments extending the programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965
http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea98/index.html

Carnegie Classification of Institutions
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Information about the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act as amended on Nov. 21, 1996
http://regweb.unc.edu/official/FERPA/FERPA.html

CampusCrime: Clery Act and Legislative History

Information about the Clery Act, requiring colleges and universities to disclose crime statistics

http://campussafety.org/congress/cleryhistory.html

TheYale Corporation Charter and Legislation
(PDF)
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/Yale/charter_legislation.pdf

Reporton University Reorganization
Committee On Educational Policy of the Yale Corporation, March 17, 1919(PDF)
https://www.higher-ed.org/resources/Yale/report_univ1919.pdf

A Repository for Primary Sources
(at the University of Idaho)
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

Statements, Essays, and Speeches

Collegeand University Histories and Archives