Collection: Dean’s administrative and curriculum files

Collection Description

Dean's files, administrative files, curriculum files and class modules.

Dates

1972 - 1995

Creator

Grand Valley State Colleges. College IV (Organization)

Access to Materials

Collection is open for research use. Materials may be accessed by request at Special Collections and University Archives in Seidman House. Materials do not circulate.

Publication Rights

For information on copyright or permissions for this collection, contact Grand Valley State University Special Collections.

Administrative History

College IV opened in 1973 and was renamed in 1978 to Kirkhoff College following a generous gift from Russell H. Kirkhof. It was the fourth "cluster" college promoting experimental education by offering a self-directed, self-paced curriculum of modules, units of study or blocks of material that broke courses into conceptual chunks. Booklets instructed students on how to master those chunks, and then tested them when they were ready to earn the half-credit each module carried. Faculty was available for tutorials, coaching and consulting when needed. It had the most extensive mathematics curriculum of any of the cluster colleges. College IV was discontinued during a reorganization in 1983.

Extent

6.0 Linear feet (9 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged in 3 series: 1) Dean's files, 2) Administrative files, 3) Curriculum files.

Classification Code

Formerly 104

Subjects

Files (Records) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Grand Valley State University
Michigan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Universities and colleges Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings