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                <titleproper>Guide to the Rhode Island College. Council. Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Organization records<date type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1979/1980">1979-1980</date>
                    
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                <author>Finding aid prepared by Alexander L. Kong.</author>
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                <publisher>Special Collections</publisher>
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                    <addressline>James P. Adams Library</addressline>
                    <addressline>Rhode Island College</addressline>
                    <addressline>600 Mount Pleasant Ave</addressline>
                    <addressline>Providence, RI, 02908</addressline>
                    <addressline>Tel: 401-456-9653</addressline>
                    <addressline>email:digitalcollections@ric.edu</addressline>
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                <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2026" type="publication">2026 February 04</date>
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            <creation>This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2026" type="publication">2026</date></creation>
            <langusage><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>English</langusage>
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            <unittitle type="primary">Rhode Island College. Council. Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Organization records</unittitle>
            <unittitle type="filing">Rhode Island College. Council. Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Organization records</unittitle>
            <unitid countrycode="US" repositorycode="US-RPRC"  type="collection">CA-0140</unitid>
            <repository><corpname>Special Collections, James P. Adams Library</corpname>
                <address>
                    <addressline>Rhode Island College</addressline>
                    <addressline>600 Mount Pleasant Ave</addressline>
                    <addressline>Providence, RI, 02908</addressline>
                    <addressline>Tel: 401-456-9653</addressline>
                    <addressline>email:digitalcollections@ric.edu</addressline>
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            <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1979/1980">1979-1980</unitdate>
            
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                <corpname role="Creator (cre)">Rhode Island College. Council. Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Organization</corpname>
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            <abstract>Contains the initial proposal, minutes, records, and communications of the Rhode Island College Ad Hoc Academic Organization Committee and the second Academic Organization Committee from 1979-1980. The proposals detail the reorganization of Rhode Island College's schools and departments to meet the evolving needs of the community.</abstract>
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            <p>The collection contains proposals, records, and minutes from the Rhode Island College (RIC) Council Ad Hoc Academic Organization Committee about restructuring RIC’s schools and departments to better address the College’s evolving needs. It also includes records related to the second Academic Organization Committee (AOC II), discussions of reorganization models, and evaluations of what might or might not work in the process.</p>
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
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                <p>The collection contains the RIC Ad Hoc Academic Organization Committee’s proposals, records, and minutes relating to the reorganization of the academic structure of RIC’s schools and departments to better accommodate the growing and changing needs of the College. The collection also contains the records relating to the second Academic Organization Committee (AOC II), discussion of the reorganization models, and what would or would not work in reorganization. </p>
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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            <userestrict><p>Rhode Island College holds copyright to materials in the collection. Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. </p></userestrict>
            <accessrestrict><p>The collection is open for research.</p></accessrestrict>
            <prefercite><p>Rhode Island College. Council. Academic Reorganization Committee Ad Hoc records, CA-0140, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.</p></prefercite>
            <arrangement>
                <p>This collection is arranged in chronological order</p>
    
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            <acqinfo><p>This collection was in the holding of Special Collections prior to 2019</p></acqinfo>
            <processinfo><p>The collection was arranged and described by Alexander L. Kong in 2026 under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.</p></processinfo>
            
            
            
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            <head>Additional information</head>
            
            
            
            
            
            <altformavail><p>This collection has not been digitized and is not available online.</p></altformavail>
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                <head>Names</head>
                <persname source="lcnaf">McMahon, Eleanor M.</persname>
                
                
                
                
                <corpname source="lcnaf">Rhode Island College. Council. Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Organization</corpname>
                <corpname source="lcnaf">Rhode Island College (1960-)</corpname>
                
                
                
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                <subject source="lcsh">Education</subject>
                
                
                
                
                <geogname source="lcsh">Providence (R.I.)</geogname>
                
                
                
                
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                <genreform source="aat">Administrative reports</genreform>
                
                
                
                
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