Bowling Green State University, Office of the President, Ohio Board of Regents records
Collection Overview
Abstract
Memoranda, correspondence and reports, both internal to BGSU and with representatives of the Ohio Board of Regents on topics of concern regarding higher education in Ohio and more specifically at Bowling Green State University.
Dates
- Creation: 1959-1978
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1963-1972
Extent
2.5 Cubic Feet (5 legal size archive boxes)
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda and correspondence both internal to BGSU and with representatives of the Ohio Board of Regents (OBOR) and other public universities in Ohio. The bulk of the collection covers the presidency of William T. Jerome and the creation and early years of OBOR. Subjects covered include budgeting, enrollments, the creation of PhD programs, implementation of a quarter system, the initial master plan for higher education, and annual reports for OBOR for nine of its first 10 years.
Biographical / Historical
The Ohio Board of Regents (now known at the Ohio Department of Higher Education) was created in 1963, as a nine-member advisory board to the Chancellor with two ex-officio representatives from the state legislature. Members of the Board of Regents were appointed by the Governor. OBOR's responsiblities still include developing an independent annual report on the condition of higher education in Ohio and advising the Chancellor on issues of statewide importance affecting higher education. Other responsiblities, now covered by the Department of Higher Education include authorizing and approving new degree programs, managing state-funded financial aid programs and developing and advocating policies to maximize higher education’s contributions to Ohio and its citizens.
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright.
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Processing Information
The boxes in this collection were originally identified as boxes 8-12, Ohio Board of Regents Miscellaneous. The folders themselves appeared to have been weeded at some point (some consecutive folders were missing), and included folders labeled up to Box 13. The folder titles had also been erased at some point and replaced with paper labels with only box and folder numbers. During reprocessing in February 2019, the folders and boxes were renumbered and the contents of the folders identified as best possible. In the cases where the folders are identified as "OBOR - General", this indicates that a narrower topic for the folder could not be identified or that the materials in the folder covered many different topics.
- Title
- Guide to the Bowling Green State University, Office of the President, Ohio Board of Regents records
- Author
- Cindy Radford
- Date
- February 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English