New York State Education Department Office of Higher Education Archived Websites

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Office of Higher Education, which is part of the State Education Department.

B2174-07: This accretion consists of a copy of the Office of Higher Education site produced on March 14, 2007, after Governor George E. Pataki (1995-2006) left office. It contains information about the office's history, mission, and organizational structure; newsletters (2002-2006); and news releases and related materials (2003-2006).

The Office of K-16 Initiatives and Access Programs section of the site contains information, forms, guidelines, and presentations relating to awards and scholarships and other programs for students preparing for higher education and the educators who teach them.

The Office of Quality Assurance section of the site contains information about college and university approval and accreditation, location of student records of closed institutions, a directory of all New York State college and university campuses, state teacher certification examinations pass rate data (1999-2004), a directory of licensed/registered non-degree granting proprietary schools (2007), and forms for the supervision of these schools. Also present are resources for students, parents, and school counselors and downloadable Microsoft Excel and CSV format data files regarding student enrollment, degrees, graduation rates, and student financial aid (1995-2005). Information about student demographics, employees, college finances, and the Statewide Plan for Higher Education and other policy and issue papers (2000-2001, 2005) are also included.

The Office of Teaching Initiatives section of the site contains information about teaching in New York State, including a list of teacher preparation institutions (2007), application forms and information about the certification process, a code of ethics for educators, teacher discipline forms and instructions, and information about the fingerprinting requirement for educators.

2174-08: This accretion consists of a copy of the Office of Higher Education site produced on May 9, 2008, shortly after the resignation of Governor Eliot L. Spitzer (2007-2008). It contains information about the office's history, mission, and organizational structure; newsletters (2002-2007); and news releases and related materials (2003-2007).

The Office of K-16 Initiatives and Access Programs section of the site contains information, forms, guidelines, and presentations relating to awards and scholarships and other programs for students preparing for higher education and the educators who teach them.

The Office of Quality Assurance section of the site contains information about the approval and accreditation of colleges and their programs, location of student records of closed institutions, a directory of all New York State college and university campuses, state teacher certification examinations pass rate data (1999-2005), a directory of licensed/registered non-degree granting proprietary schools (2008), and forms for the supervision of these schools. Also present are resources for students, parents, and school counselors and downloadable Microsoft Excel and CSV format data files regarding student enrollment, degrees, graduation rates, and student financial aid (1995-2007). Information about student demographics, employees, college finances, and the Statewide Plan for Higher Education and other policy and issue papers (1996, 2000-2001, 2005) are also included.

The Office of Teaching Initiatives section of the site contains information about teaching in New York State, including a list of teacher preparation institutions (2007), application forms and information about the certification process, a code of ethics for educators, teacher discipline forms and instructions, and information about the fingerprinting requirement for educators.

B2174-11: This accretion consists of a copy of the Office of Higher Education site produced on January 21, 2011, shortly after Governor David A. Paterson (2008-2010) left office. It contains information about the office's mission and organizational structure; newsletters (2010); statewide plan for higher education (2009); progress reports and presentations to Regents (2008); memorandums from the CEO (2007-2010); and news releases (2010). There is also content on the four main programs of the site.

The Office of College and University Evaluation contains information on accreditation for higher education institutions, and the policies and guidelines these institutions must follow to keep accreditation.

The Office of K-16 Initiatives and Access Programs section of the site contains information, forms, guidelines, and presentations relating to awards and scholarships and other programs for students preparing for higher education and the educators who teach them.

The Office of Research and Information Systems section of the site contains information about the approval and accreditation of colleges and their programs, location of student records of closed institutions, a directory of all New York State college and university campuses, state teacher certification examinations pass rate data (1999-2005), a directory of licensed/registered non-degree granting proprietary schools (2009), and forms for the supervision of these schools. Also present is Higher Education data regarding student enrollment, degrees, graduation rates, and student financial aid (1990-2008). Information about student demographics, employees, college finances, and the Statewide Plan for Higher Education and other policy and issue papers (1996, 2000-2001, 2005) are also included.

The Office of Teaching Initiatives section of the site contains information about teaching in New York State, including a list of teacher preparation institutions (2010), application forms and information about the certification process, a code of ethics for educators, teacher discipline forms and instructions, and information about the fingerprinting requirement for educators.

B2165Series B2165, State Education Department Archived Websites, contains copies of the parent agency of the Office of Higher Education.

The New York State Archives used Web archiving software to copy these websites in order to preserve the information they contain.

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