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02. Colleges and Academic Units

 Record Group
Identifier: 02
Contains records of academic units within National Louis University, both current and previous. Documents relating to colleges, programs, and the university library, including memos, correspondence, meeting minutes, handbooks, and statistics. Also includes previous iterations of NLU, dating back to the school's beginnings as a kindergarten training school founded by Elizabeth Harrison.

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

A curriculum guide for students in the Bachelor of Arts and Education in Allied Health

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-003-1
Scope and Contents Includes information on various courses for the Bachelor of Arts and Education in Allied Health, including: Dynamics of Groups and Organizational Behavior; Career Assessment and Planning; Intro to the Research Project; Research Project Handbook; Legal Issues and Law in Health Care; Systems Management; Statistical Methods and Research; Presentation Skills in Allied Health Education; Principles of Management and Supervision; In Basket; Financial Management; and Human Resource Development for...
Dates: Created: 1985-1989

A curriculum guide for students in the Masters of Science in Management Degree Program

 Collection
Identifier: 02-003-2
Scope and Contents

Includes information for courses for the Masters of Science in Management Degree Program including: Communication in Organizations; Organizational Behavior; Exploring Thesis Ideas and Resources; The Economic Environment of Business; Research Data Analysis; Management and Leadership; Management Information Systems; Managerial Accounting and Finance; and Organizational Development and Change.

Dates: Created: 1990-1990

A student guide for B.A. with a concentration in Applied Behavioral Science

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-003-3
Scope and Contents

Consists of student guides for a B.A. with a concentration in Applied Behavior Science (ABS). Documents include: B.A. Degree Completion Program; Dynamics of Group Behavior; Adult Development Learning and Assessment; Effective Interpersonal Relationships; Principles of Management and Supervision; Philosophy of Values and Ethics; Multicultural Dimensions; Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences; Report Writing; Effective Speaking; and Practical Integrative Inquiry I and II.

Dates: Created: 1990-1991

Chicago Kindergarten College/ National Kindergarten and Elementary College Records

 Collection
Identifier: 02-001-1
Scope and Contents Includes documents of the Chicago Kindergarten College, National Kindergarten College and National Kindergarten and Elementary College (predecessors to NLU). Founded in 1886 as Miss Harrison's Kindergarten Training School, the school became the Chicago Kindergarten College in 1893. In 1912, when the college partnered with the National Kindergarten Assosciation, the school became the National Kindergarten College. In 1917, the school expanded the curriculum to include elementary education,...
Dates: 1886-1930

Chicago Settlements

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-001-5
Scope and Contents

Information on various Chicago-area settlements including Hull House, Howell House (formerly Bohemian settlement), and Chicago Commons social settlement.

Dates: Created: 1896-1897

Faculty Meetings for the College of Arts and Sciences

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-003-5
Scope and Contents

Meeting minutes, meeting agendas, faculty research directories, curriculum planning documents.

Dates: Created: 1982-1991

Interdisciplinary Studies Department (IDS)

 Collection
Identifier: 02-002-8
Scope and Contents

The materials in Boxes 1-5 consist of files created by Prof. Joseph Fischer while he chaired the IDS Department, 1994-1997, and donated by Prof. Fischer in 2008. They are supplemented by an "Introduction to the M.Ed. Field Based Program: Philosophy, Structure & Processes" (1984) and "Handbook for Term 1" (1984), donated by Prof. Fletcher DuBois in 2011.

Dates: Created: 1984-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-1997

Kindergarten Work

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-001-3
Scope and Contents

Notebooks,drawings, and Froebel Gift work belonging to various guests or visitors and non-students of the Chicago Kindergarten College. Work belonging to Susan Blow, Carolina Gerke, who studied with Froebel's widow, Minna Shellhorn, who studied with Froebel, Mabel Agnes Gerrish, Carrie Coit, Margaret Maclachlan,and Edward Heall.

Dates: Created: 1868-

Learning Resource Center Records

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-002-3
Scope and Contents

Records of the Learning Resource Center of the National College of Education. Bulletin issues talking about the center and a floor plan of the center's facilities.

Dates: Created: 1946

National College of Education News

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-002-9
Scope and Contents

Contains information regarding alumni, campus events, student, faculty, and and other NCE news. Also includes annual president's reports. Formerly published as The Alumnae News, Kindergarten Journal, News-Bulletin, and Our Guidon.

Dates: Created: 1951-1973