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Guidelines for review of applications, 1986, 1987; Admissions procedure, 1981; Financial aid study ca. 1984 Admissions Marketing Group. Report on student & parent surveys, May 1987. Joyce Foundation proposal, 1986. Marketing. Admissions Marketing Group, Waltham, MA. 1985-87. Memos; Proposal to Grinnell College, July 1986; surveys, including AMG Black Survey, College Selection Study. Admissions Task Force. (Dealing with student recruitment). Agendas for meetings and background data; draft of marketing plan, Oct, 1985; "Marketing Plan for Grinnell College" prepared by President's Task Force for Marketing, May 1986; Chicago marketing Barboni statistical studies, ca. 1983-86. Charts, tables, graphs, most undated.

Miscellaneous. 1981-87. Memos, parts of reports, notes. Includes position description of Assistant Director of Admissions. Recruiting blacks/Lowry project. 1988. "Preliminary Report: Black Student Recruiting Project" Aug. 1988. Prepared by James Lowry & Associates, Chicago. Recruiting blacks/Lowry project. 1988. "Final Report: Black Student Recruiting Project" Oct. 1988. Prepared by James Lowry & Associates, Chicago. E. Barboni. Report to Admissions Office Staff: Admissions Research. June 1981. Area Recruiting Reports, 1983.

Area and minority recruiting reports, recruiting statistics 1983-86. Arranged chronologically. Recruiting. Direct mail annual reports. 1979-89. Recruiting. General annual statistics. 1979-86. "Questions" revisions 1981, 83, 86

The bulk of the collection is from the 1980s and consists of reports, memos, and statistical studies conducted by the Office of Evaluation & Planning (title varies, also called Office of Research & Evaluation in the late 1980s), primarily for the Admissions Office. Edward Barboni was director of the office 1981-87, Ruth Wheeler 1987-89. Katharine Guroff served part time some years during the early and middle 1970s as Institutional Researcher in the Office of the Dean, and a few of her studies are included

Alumni Office: Samples of records the office keeps; samples of fund-raising projects. 1980. Chemistry Department. Reports to American Chemical Society 1984-88; Chemistry graduates occupational lists 1976-85. Computer Center: Digital Equipment Corporation proposal 1982; Trustees' venture fund 1982, 1988; memos. Curiculum: Academic departments analyses, 1979; Math Lab. 19 Curriculum: Advanced Placement 1982-84 Curriculum: Early graduation/acceleration 1983-84 Curriculum: Freshman tutorials. Evaluations 1978-81 Curriculum: Transcript analyses 1982-87. Includes "Preliminary Analysis of Grinnell College Students' Transcripts" Nov. 1982. Curriculum: Off-campus studies 1981-88. Primarily statistics. Curriculum: Parslow curriculum review 1982-84. Morris Parslow served as Curriculum Coordinator of an extensive review of the college curriculum 1982-84. Folders include memos, statistical studies, reports, department responses. Includes Parslow's "Report to the Faculty and the President", Aug. 1983. Development Office. 1976-88. Includes Fund-raising survey report. Marts & Lundy. Feb. 1976. Development Office goals. 1988 Pioneer Challenge Scholarship Recipients. 1988 Summaries of gifts. 1975-88.

Evaluation & Planning Office. Annual reports. 1985, 87. Faculty salaries. Statistics. 1985, 88. Finances. Waldo Walker. 1985-89. Some budgets; expenditures; revenues; investments; etc. Mostly statistics. Current Fund Budget. Walker Walker. 1989-1990. North Central Association. Grinnell self-study 1988. Committees, procedures, strategies for preparing the study. Public Relations Office: Includes job description for director, 1985. Students: Attrition study 1976 by Katharine Guroff. Report and responses from students in classes 1971-76. Students: Attrition statistics. For ACM colleges 1983-86; for Grinnell College 1974-85. Students: Predictors of success at Grinnell College 1971-75. Report by Katharine Guroff. Students: Profile of new students: summary of student interests by Katharine Guroff, 1975. Students: Graduates. Includes baccalaaureate origins of doctoral degrees 1983 (Wooster study); admissions statistics for law and medical schools 1986; graduates' occupational list 1987; surveys 1976. Surveys/Statistics: ACM statistics 1982-89 on many topics, including financial aid, attrition, enrollments. Reports include: Faculty salary surveys for 1987-88 (Jan 1988) and 1988-89 (Jan. 1989). Tuition & student budget survey 1988-89 (June 1988). Reports to J. Macy Foundation on Premedical Education Project of ACM, Dec. 1982 and May 1983.

Area Recruiting Reports, 1984. Area Recruiting Reports, 1985.