The Ad Hoc Committee on Ethnic Studies was organized in March 1971 to research and recommend changes to better recognize and serve the increasingly diverse population at Rhode Island College.
The collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, and proposals from the Rhode Island College Council Ethnic Studies Ad Hoc Committee, established in 1971 as the College responded to the growing ethnic and cultural diversity in the United States and its impact on Rhode Island College. The documents specifically explore how RIC can better acknowledge, support, and integrate ethnic studies into its academic programs.
The collection also contains meeting minutes, correspondence, and proposals of the Task Force on Resources and Materials, which sought to identify research, programs, and materials in ethnic studies.
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.
The collection is open for research.
Rhode Island College. Council. Ethnic Studies Ad Hoc Committee records, CA-0142, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
This collection was in the holdings of Special Collections prior to 2019
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.
This collection has not been digitized and is not available online.