Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

Archival Inventory

6 boxes (4 linear feet)

Historical Sketch:
The Academic Committee was established in 1928 to decide all academic matters at Mount Holyoke College. The Committee primarily dealt with specific problems of students on low-standing, credit issues, and curriculum revision. The Committee reviewed and approved all new and revised courses. The Committee was made up of a group of appointed faculty members and the Academic Dean. The Committee was succeeded by the Academic Policy Committee in 1968.

Description of Records:
The records contain minutes with reports, subcommittees' reports and records, correspondence, and drafts. There is extensive information on the curriculum revision during the sixties, and on specific cases of student's academic performance. Matters of policy on credit, withdrawal, and requirements are discussed in great detail. Subcommittee records include the curriculum revision committees of 1918, 1929, 1938, 1945, and 1959-1965, General Course in Science Committee (1937), Grading Committee (1948), Interdepartmental Courses Committee(1954), Intensive Work Committee (1945), Reading Period (1939), Reading Week Committee, Reduction of Courses Committee (1937-1948), Required Work Committee (1945), Statistics on Students/Alumnae (1945), and the Three- and Four-Course Plans (1936-1938).

Cite as: Academic Committee Records, Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, MA

Access Restrictions: Restricted Access to Student/Personnel Records.