GUIDE TO THE JOHN NICHOL PAPERS - Bentley Library

Guide to MS 02: John Nichol Papers

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Bentley University Library, 175 Forest St, Waltham MA

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GUIDE TO THE JOHN NICHOL PAPERS

Collection number (2.1): MS #02

Collection Title (2.3): John Nichol Papers

Dates (2.4): 1957-1986, bulk 1970-1985

Extent (2.5): 47 linear feet

Creator (2.6): John Nichol, various correspondents where applicable.

Repository (2.2): Bentley University Archives, Waltham MA.

Processed by: Jaimie Fritz, Project Archivist

Acquisition Info (5.2): Acquired from creator.

Custodial History (5.1): Material was acquired from creators.

Appraisal (5.3): Material to be retained permanently.

Accruals: Additions to this collection are not expected.

Language: Collection materials are in English.

Conservation notes: Initial processing included minimal re-foldering and removal of

fasteners. More may be needed in the future.


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ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION

Conditions of Access (4.1): All administrative records of the University are closed to

research for a period of 35 years. Only members of the office of origin may view these

records with permission. Records will be open for general research use on

January 1st, 2021. Some material may be made available before that time if it is not of a

sensitive nature. Please consult with the Archivist to help find usable material.

Physical Access (4.2): Material may need to be ordered from off-site storage.

Technical Access (4.3): Not applicable.

Reproduction and Use (4.4): Unless indicated otherwise, copyright of these materials is

held by Bentley University. Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce material found

herein must be obtained from the Bentley University Library, Waltham, MA.

Language(s) of Material (4.5): Collection materials are in English.

Other Finding Aids (4.6): Not applicable. A paper or digital copy of this finding aid may

be requested by researchers.

Location of Originals (6.1): Not applicable.

Location of Copies (6.2): All materials in this collection are believed to be unique, with

the exception of published books and pamphlets. These may exist in duplicate within the

collection, please consult finding aid for information. If you require copies for your

research, please consult with the Archivist.

Related Archival Materials (6.3): For more information on Academic Affairs at Bentley,

please see boxes from collection RG 05.

Publication Note (6.4): Not applicable.


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INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION

Historical Note (2.7): John T. Nichol received his A.B. degree from Gordon College in

Wenham, MA in 1949. He also received graduate degrees from Boston University and

Harvard University. He joined the Bentley faculty in 1962 and in 1966 was named

Chairman of the History Department. Later that same year, he replaced Edward H.

Pendergast as the school’s Assistant Dean. After a sabbatical with the Institute for History

at the University of Warsaw, Poland he returned to Bentley and was made the school’s

Dean and Academic Vice President in 1971. He served in that role until his retirement in

1985, after which he was named vice president emeritus by the Board of Trustees.

Scope and Content (3.1): The collection consists of office files, subject files, and

correspondence that were created or received by John Nichol. A bulk of the records date

from the 1970s and early 1980s as this was the time during which he served as Bentley’s

Academic Vice President. Below are a few topics that make up the bulk of the records in

the collection, along with keywords that will make it easier to search for their location.

Academic affairs and issues, see: Academic Affairs, Board of Trustees, Dean’s

Reports, Quarterly Reports.

Accreditation, see: Accreditation in Massachusetts, Accreditations – Accounting

programs, NEASC, Self-study materials, Undergraduate self-study.

Curriculum, see: Accountancy, Credit, Curriculum, Curriculum changes, Task Force –

BS core curriculum, Transfer credit evaluation.

Faculty, see: Ad-hoc committees, Board of Trustees, Evaluation, Faculty, Personnel,

Promotion and Tenure committee, Sabbaticals, Salary.

Student affairs and issues, see: Ad-hoc committees, Board of Trustees, Dean of

Students, Dean’s Reports, Honesty board, Student Affairs, Student correspondence.

Teaching, see: Course material, Course responsibilities, Management, Reduced teaching

load analysis, Teaching load.

Arrangement (3.2): Material has been arranged alphabetically by subject as that most

closely reflects the original order of the collection. Because this collection has been

minimally processed, some subject titles may be reflected in multiple locations within the

collection, so please consult with the Archivist to find the most comprehensive

information. If you are accessing this finding aid from a computer, it may be helpful to

use keyword searching to identify potential locations for subjects of interest.


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INVENTORY OF THE COLLECTION

Box Folder Contents Dates

1 1 AB/MBA 1981

2 Academic Affairs n.d.

3 Academic calendar 1967-1980

4 Academic Computer Selection Committee 1981

5 Academic Information Management Systems 1982

6 Academic Performance Committee 1985

7 Academic performance 1984

8 Academic probation 1977-1980

9-11 Academic Standards Committee 1964-1985

12 Accreditation in Massachusetts 1974

13 Accreditations – Accounting programs 1985

14 Accountancy & Finance profile 1965

Accountancy

15 Audit simulation 1984

16 Curriculum changes n.d.

17 General info 1978

18 Visiting committee 1980-1982

19 Visiting committee – call to meeting responses 1980

20 Visiting committee – Report n.d.

21 Visiting team 1980

22 Accounting education – 5-year programs 1984


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2 1 Accounting – separate schools 1976-1979

2 Action or reaction 1973

3 Adamian Award 1983-1985

4 Address lists 1969-1979

Ad-Hoc Committees 1960s-1980s

5 Academic Advising

6 Academic Performance

7 Administration

8 Alcohol Beverage Policy

9 Appointments and Reappointments

10 Collective Bargaining

11 Computer Development/Selection/Users

12 Discipline

13 Faculty Executive Council

14 Faculty Senate

15 Future Educational Programs

16 Grievances

17 Scheduling

18 Student No-Shows

19 Visiting Lecturers

20 Admin. Systems Planning Committee 1985

21-24 Admissions & Financial Aid 1958-1981


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3 1-3 Admissions & Financial Aid 1981-1985

4 Admissions – miscellaneous n.d.

5 Adult Info & Advising Center 1980

6-7 Affirmative Action/EEO (2 folders) 1972-1980

8 Alumni 1982

9 Alumni study 1983-1984

10 American Association for Higher Education 1973

11 American Association of University Professors 1973-1984

12 American Council on Education 1973-1985

13 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 1968-1977

14 American Universities and Colleges 1981

15 Annual Report – Undergraduate Dean 1983

16 Armenian Massacre Conference 1984

17 Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute 1980s

4 1 Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute 1975

Report

2 Associates Degrees 1984

3 Association of American Colleges 1980-1985

4 Association of American Colleges – annual meeting 1984

5 Athletic Department 1971-1982

6 Athletes – academic performance of 1985

7 Athletes – admissions policies governing 1981

8 Attrition Study & Analyses 1969-1972

9 Audio/Visual (A/V) Department 1975-1976


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4 10 AVP office secretary search 1984

11 Black studies 1976-1977

12 Board of Higher Education – Massachusetts 1969-1985

13 Board of Higher Education visit 1977

14 Board of Public Accountancy – CPA Exam Results 1950s-1970s

15 Board of Public Accountancy – Other states 1963-1985

6 n/a Board of Trustees

Academic Affairs Committee 1973-1985

Ad Hoc Committee on Tenure 1971-1976

7 n/a Administrative Reports 1977-1984

By-laws and notes 1979-1983

Committee on Student Affairs 1974-1977

8 n/a Dean’s Reports 1972-1976

Executive Committee 1969-1974

9 n/a Executive Committee 1974-1977

Executive Committee – Correspondence 1968-1979

Faculty Executive Council 1970-1979

4 16 Bond Issue (AEFA) 1985

17 Book adoptions 1974-1977

5 1 Book adoptions 1977-1979

2-3 Boston Area Business College Admin Council BABCAC1973-1974

4 Bottom Line – publication 1985-1986

5 Budget notes 1974-1976


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5 6 Budget overview 1985-1986

7-10 Budgets 1971-1985

11 Business communications 1984

12 Business & Economic Review 1964

13-14 Business Ethics Center – Conferences 1977-1984

15 Business Ethics Center – 1976-1978

NEH grant proposal & pilot project

16 Business/Professional Journal 1981-1983

17 Business Week Program – SBRC 1984

10 1 Calendars – academic 1984

2 Calendars - Personal 1983-1985

3 Campus tours by admin 1980-1981

4 Capital Campaign 1981

5 Catalogs 1973-1978

6 Chairpersons (Departmental) 1978

7 Charter 1977

8 Class attendance records 1982

9-11 CLEP (College Level Examination Program) 1971-1984

12 College Entrance Examination Board 1968-1973

13 College four 1972-1973

14 College management clippings 1972-1973

15 College name n.d.

16 College versus university – distinctive differences n.d.

17 Colloquia 1984-1985


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10 18-20 Commencement (3 folders) 1973-1981

21 Commencement – Honors recognition 1984

22 Committee assignments 1962-1984

23 Committee on Equal Opportunity 1980

24 Commuter information 1980-1984

11 n/a Computing at Bentley 1967-1985

Folders include information on academic computing, computer affairs, computer

and administrative systems, as well as the Computer Advisory Committee and

computer usage statistics and surveys.

10 25 Conference scheduling 1983-1985

26 Consultant report 1980

27 Consulting and Research Task Force 1985

12-13 n/a Continuing Education 1978-1985

Folders contain yearly data like quarterly reports, personnel issues, budget,

memos, and grant information.

18 1 Cooperative education 1978

2 Copyright Act 1976

3 Copyrights. Inventions, Patents 1983

4 Corporate Relations brochure 1973-1974

14-15 n/a Correspondence 1967-1985

18 5 Council for Northeast Economic Action 1982

6 Council of Graduate Schools 1981

7 Counseling & Student Development Office 1976-1979

8 Counseling in companies 1973-1974

9 Course material 1973


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18 10 Course responsibilities 1985

CPA

11 Massachusetts Society 1974-1976

12 Preparatory course 1969-1979

13 Preparatory course contracts 1971-1979

14 Related issues 1973-1981

15 Review decisions 1979-1980

16 Credit via CLEP, AP, USA FI 1970-1971

17 Credit evaluation 1979

18 Criminal Justice program 1972-1973

19 CUPA salary surveys 1983

16-17 n/a Curriculum 1960-1985

Both boxes include information on curriculum and curriculum development, the

Curriculum Committee, changes to curriculum, and research on curricula of other

universities.

18 20 Dean’s List 1969-1976

21 Dean of Students 1970s

n/a Dean’s Reports

Academic Computing 1974-1977

Admissions – Day 1973-1979

Continuing Education 1972-1979

Day Division 1972-1979

19 Evening/Summer Programs 1972-1979

Graduate School 1973-1979


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19 n/a Dean’s Reports (continued)

Library 1971-1979

Public Administration 1976-1979

Registrar 1972-1979

Student Affairs Division 1971-1977

Degrees – Honorary/Unearned n.d.

Department chairpersons 1977-1978

20 1 Education 1960s-1970s

Primarily consists of drafts of speeches and research on higher education.

2 Education – Administrative procedures/registration 1970s

3 Education – Institutional self-studies 1973-1976

4 Educational mission 1975

5 English workshop-related issues 1979-1981

6 Enrollment data 1969-1984

7 Enrollment management and planning 1980-1985

8 Enrollments – Computer information systems 1981

9-10 Evaluation – Of administration by faculty 1977-1979

11 Evaluation – Of faculty of instruction 1960-1979

12 Evaluation – Personnel forms n.d.

13-18 Evening Division [reports] 1978-1985



Evening Division

19 Contracts correspondence 1971-1978


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20 n/a Evening Division (continued)

20 Correspondence 1970-1984

21-22 Curriculum changes 1971-1985

23 Dean’s List 1968-1978

24 Enrollment statistics 1970-1978

25 Extended campuses 1980-1984

26 Part-time students 1978-1984

27 Policy change- Tuition 1985

28 Schedules 1968-1980

29-31 Expense reports 1980-1985

21 1 Facilities 1977

n/a Faculty

2 [general] 1973-1974

3 Academic freedom 1965-1971

4 Access to buildings 1984

n/a Ad-hoc committees

5 Faculty Evaluation Committee 1982-1984

6 Faculty Manual Committee 1983

7 Liberal Arts Board 1975-1978

8 Library Committee 1960-1981

9 Advisers 1965-1976

10 Affairs 1969-1975

11 Available 1970s


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21 n/a Faculty (continued)

12 Classroom and office locations 1970-197

n/a Committees

13-14 Faculty Affairs Committee 1976-1985

15 Faculty Salary and Benefits Committee 1975-1984

16 FEC Planning Committee 1977-1979

23-24 n/a Committee Meeting Minutes 1957-1981

Both boxes contain minutes from meetings of Faculty, General Faculty,

and Faculty Executive Committees as well as the Faculty Committee on

Student Activities

21 17 Constitution and revisions 1976

18 Data sheets 1985

19-20 Development 1982-1985

21 Dinner dances 1979-1984

22 1 Evaluation procedure 1982

2 Governance 1970

3 Handbook materials n.d.

4 Instructional responsibilities 1970-1978

5 Letters from 1984

6 Lists 1979-1985

7 Manual 1980

8 Meeting mailings 1974

9 Memos 1984-1985

10-11 Recruitment 1980s


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22 n/a Faculty (continued)

12-13 Profiles and Statistical Data 1970s-1980s

14 Fellowships and grants 1970s

15 Financial aid 1975

16 Financial aid – Minority students n.d.

17 Final exam schedule 1969-1978

18-20 Financial planning 1984

25 1-8 Graduate [general] 1966-1985

Folders contain yearly data on Graduate programs/school like quarterly reports,

personnel issues, budget, memos, and grant information.

n/a Graduate Council 1975-1984

26 1 Graduate Council 1984-1985

n/a Graduate School

2 Degrees awarded 1979-1981

3 Education 1978

4 Faculty data sheets n.d.

5 Finance program 1977-1982

6 Finance program - teaching personnel 1978

7 Graduate Record Examination 1983

8 Graduates 1981-1986

9 Institute of Advanced Study 1980

10-12 MBA Program (3 folders) 1973-1979

13 Meeting/Free-form discussion material 1975

14 MS in Business Economics program n.d.


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26 n/a Graduate School (continued)

15 MS in Computer Information Systems 1978-1985

16 Oppenheim, Dorothy 1980

17 Performance evaluations 1983

18 Previous administrative personnel 1980-1982

19 Quarterly report 1985

20 Schedules/address/roster 1977-1982

21 Taxation Program – correspondence 1976-1983

22 Taxation Program – teaching personnel 1977-1978

27 1 Gadfly 1974-1975

n/a Grants

2 General information & miscellaneous grants 1977-1981

3 HEW Grant for Business Ethics Program 1977

4 Humanities grant 1983

5 International Business program grant 1975

6 Library grant applications 1974-1975

7 Management department grant applications 1975

8 NEH 1983-1984

9 NEH Consultancy grant 1981

10 NEH Implementation grant 1981

11 Philosophy department grant applications 1975

12 Public Administration grant applications 1976-1978

13 Quantitative Analysis 1970-1978

department grant applications


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27 n/a Grants (continued)

14-15 Science Department grant applications 1965-1979

28 1 Harvard Club n.d.

2 Hazardous substance inventory materials 1984

3 Health, Education & Welfare reports 1973-1979

4 Health plans n.d.

5-10 HEGIS reports 1979-1984

11 Higher Education Strategic Planning Institute 1978-1983

12 History department 1984

13 History I section notes n.d.

14 Honesty board 1983-1984

15 Honorary degrees 1979-1980

16 Honors program 1980-1985

17 Hospital Administration program 1976-1977

18 Human rights conference 1984

19 Humanist 1982

20 Information services 1983

21-22 Information Services Steering & Planning Committee 1982-1985

23 Institutional advancement office 1973-1981

24 Institutional memberships 1977

25 Institutional research team 1982-1983

29 1-2 Institutional statistics 1977-1983

3 Institutional surveys (IPEDS) 1985


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29 4 Internal Revenue Service 1970-1973

5 Internship committee 1984

6 Internships for students 1970-1985

7 International business program 1983

8 Journal 1969

9 Judicial system proposal 1975-1977

10 Language study 1982

11 Learning laboratories 1984

12 Learning skills 1976-1977

13 Liberal arts task force 1975

14 Liberal arts vs. business 1982

15 Liberal education scope/purpose n.d.

n/a Library

16 Correspondence 1984

17 Expansion 1979

18 Faculty and staff borrowing 1982

19 Lexis system 1984

20 Needs n.d.

21-22 New acquisitions 1984-1985

23-24 Planning reports 1977

25-28 Library [general] 1978-1982

Folders contain yearly data like quarterly reports, personnel issues,

budget, memos, and grant information.


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30 1-3 Library [general] 1982-1985



4 Lindsay, Maurice 1960

5-8 Long-Range Planning 1974-1977

9 Long-Range Planning Committee 1970-1980

10 Mail – on-campus procedures 1985

11 Mailing lists 1981-1982

12 Make-up exams 1982

31 n/a Management Department 1973-1977

This box contains folders on various Management courses, particularly 110 and

140. Contents include planning notes, course materials/reserves, faculty and

grading information.

1 Mandatory retirement petition 1978

2 Massachusetts HEFA 1983

3 Mass Mail Committee 1985

4 Media Services 1983

5 Memos 1982-1983

6 Mergers & Consolidations 1978-1979

7 Mission statements 1976-1985

8 Motto n.d.

32 1 NACUBO Annual Meeting 1984

2 National Conference on Genocide and Human Rights 1985

3 National Education Association 1974-1980


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32 4-13 NEASC 1966-1981

Box contains correspondence with Bentley and NEASC officials, self-studies and

reports for both the school’s original accreditation and its first reaccreditation.

14 New England Board of Higher Education 1980-1984

15 New England Conference on Business Administration 1967-1982

16 New England Conference on Business Administration 1970-1979

- correspondence

17 New England History Teacher’s Association 1971

18 News 1969-1970

19 NY State Department of Education 1984

registration of Accountancy program

20 Non-traditional learning 1971-1974

21 No school announcements 1972-1980

33 1 Obituaries 1981-1985

2-3 Observatory 1973-1984

4 Office automation 1982

5 Office of Civil Rights – compliance review 1983

6 Open House – 10th Anniversary 1978

7 Open University 1976

8 Operation Bootstrap 1972

9 OPSCAN study 1984

10 Organizational charts 1970-1980

11 Outstanding Educators of America 1972-1975

12 Parking 1968-1984

13 Pass/fail data 1971


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33 n/a Personnel

14 Admin support benefits changes 1985

15 Assistant to the Academic Vice President 1983

16 Centralized employment of temporary help 1985

17 Forms n.d.

18 Office ads/reports 1984

19 Position opening procedure 1985

20 Recruitment advertising 1977-1988

21 Photocopy equipment 1981-1982

22 Physical facilities 1984

23 Planning 1979-1982

24 Postsecondary Education Institutions 1984

and the Adult Learner

n/a President

25-26 Annual Reports 1973-1981

27 President’s Advisory Council 1975

28 President’s Commission on Role of Students 1971-1975

in Decision-making Process

29-31 President’s Executive Council 1981-1985

32 President’s Executive Council 1981

– swimming pool proposal

33 President’s Newsletter 1970-1984

34 Presidential Awards 1982-1983

35 Print shop equipment proposals 1972-1973


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34-35 n/a Promotion and Tenure Committee 1974-1985

Boxes contain information on committee actions, the Appeals Committee, faculty

profiles, evaluation forms, student recommendation questionnaires, and

projections, as well as correspondence and memos.

35 10-11 Public Administration Program 1974-1983

12 Public Relations department 1968-1983

13 Public relations issues 1984

14 Publications awards committee 1963-1984

15 Publicity 1960s-1970s

36 1-3 Quarterly Reports from Academic Vice President 1971-1985

to President

n/a Quarterly Reports to Academic Vice President 1976-1985

from Departments

Academic Computing

Center for Continuing Education

Day Admission and Financial Aid

Evening Division

Graduate Dean

Library

Public Administration Coordinator

Small Business Resource Center

Undergraduate Dean

Women at Bentley Project

n/a Questionnaires and Survey 1984-1985


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37 1 Rating presentation 1985

2-4 Rauch Faculty Enrichment Fund 1983-1985

5 Reduced teaching load analysis 1980-1985

6-7 Registrar 1959-1979

8 Registrar – statement of objectives n.d.

9 Religious holiday policy 1973-1974

10 Report - MIT Visiting Commission in Engineering 1971

11-13 Research at Bentley 1970s-1980s

14 Retirement plan 1982

15 Richmond College – study abroad 1984

38 n/a Resumes by department n.d.

Box contains resumes from applicants for various positions over Mr. Nichol’s

tenure as well as notes on interviews and salary.

39 1 Sabbaticals awarded 1977-1985

2 Sabbatical reports 1980-1985

40 n/a Salary

Benefits issues (3 folders) 1975-1985

Faculty salary data (multiple folders) 1969-1985

Program for administrative staff 1979

Research and figures (2 folders) 1973-1979

Summer compensation 1983-1985

Surveys (2 folders) 1981-1983

Three year salary history (2 folders) 1976-1984


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39 3 Schedules 1978-1982

n/a Scholarships

4 Donor list 1982-1983

5-6 Endowed 1978-1985

7 Fund discussion & letters 1983

8 Other than Honors Reception 1981-1982

9 Statistical report 1984

n/a Search Committee

Selection process (2 folders) 1981-1983

Position searches (25 folders) 1980s

Security reports 1982-1983

41 n/a Self-study materials 1965-1984

Folders include information on budget, planning, reports, conferences, policies,

workshops, and goal development.

42 1 S.I.R. evaluation 1984

n/a Small Business Resource Center (multiple folders) 1983-1985

Folders include information on budget, planning, reports, conferences, policies,

workshops, and goal development.

n/a Space planning 1980-1985

[general]

Administrative facilities

Campus-wide study

Classrooms (3 folders)

Construction plan


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42 n/a Space planning (continued) 1980-1985

Continuing education

Evening school

Faculty offices (2 folders)

Morison planning

n/a Space utilization 1975-1981

43 1 Staff meetings 1984

2 State Education Department of New York 1968

3 State and local taxation workshop 1984

n/a Statistics

4 Day admissions 1981

5 Evening division 1984

6 Institutional 1969-1985

n/a Student Affairs 1957-1985

7 Advising and resource center 1980-1985

8 Athletes academic performance 1984

9 Correspondence 1979-1985

10 Health Services 1957-1977

11 Impact of student ratings 1973-1975

12 Judicial system 1977

13 Leadership/admin panel 1984

14 Profile 1980

15 Rights and responsibilities 1980-1985


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43 n/a Student Affairs (continued) 1957-1985

16 Special services project 1980

17 Student employment information 1981-1984

18 Student government association 1984-1985

19 Students’ role in decision-making 1974

20 Student problems 1984-1985

21 Student correspondence files 1970s-1980s

22 Student employment – wage classification 1985

23 Student profile – International 1984

24 Study abroad program 1984

25-28 Summer sessions 1969-1984

29-30 Surveys 1980s

44 1 Task Force – Administrative systems development 1981-1982

2 Task Force – BA/MBA 1981

3 Task Force – BS core curriculum 1978-1982

4 Task Force – Joint clarification 1981

5 Teaching load 1975-1982

6 TIAA/CREF 1974-1975

7 TOEFL 1973

8 Transfer credit arrangements – other colleges 1961-1962

9 Transfer credit evaluation AACSB 1985

10 Travel advance policy procedure 1967-1971

11 Tuition exchange program 1981


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44 12 TUNXIS n.d.

13-14 Undergraduate college view 1980

45 n/a Undergraduate division [general] 1978-1985



44 15 Undergraduate self-study commission 1970s

16 Unrestricted electives 1985

17 Updates 1973-1976

18 Use of copyrighted material n.d.

19 Values and choices course 1981-1983

20 Vice-presidential planning meetings 1984-1985

21 Walker, A.H. memorial 1982

22 Women at Bentley 1985

23 Women in higher education 1981

46-47 n/a Loose and unorganized files n.d.

Box contains many papers which were loose within other boxes, as well as folders

whose context could not be determined well enough to incorporate with other

materials. If you are looking for a specific piece of information, please ask the

Archivist to review this box.

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GUIDE TO THE JOHN NICHOL PAPERS - Bentley Library