Special Collections and University Archives
403 Parks Library | 701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2102
RS 10/8/13
Larry H. Ebbers
Papes, 1969-2015, undated
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Ebbers, Larry H. (Larry Harold) |
| title: | Larry H. Ebbers papers |
| dates: | 1969-2015, undated |
| extent: | 6.3 linear feet (15 document boxes) |
| collection number: | RS 10/8/13 |
| repository: | University Archives, Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives. |
| language: | English |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Special Collections and University Archives |
| preferred citation: | Larry H. Ebbers papers, RS 10/8/13, Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives. |
Access points
| people, families, and corporate bodies: | Ebbers, Larry H. (Larry Harold) |
| places: | |
| subjects: | Education, Higher -- United States Educational leadership |
| genres: | Administrative records |
Abstract
A native of Rockwell, Iowa, Larry H. Ebbers received his B.S. (1962) and his M.S. (1968) in agricultural education and his Ph.D. (1972) in higher education from Iowa State University. Ebbers joined the staff at Iowa State in 1965, serving as Administrative Assistant to the Director of Residence. He became Assistant Professor (1972) in the College of Education and eventually served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Professional Studies. Ebbers initiated several original programs, most notably the Leadership Institute for a New Century (LINC) in 1989, a program to help prepare women and minorities for community college leadership positions, and the Community College Leadership Initiative Consortium (CLIC) in 1995, focused on providing leadership development for upper-level community college administrators. This collection contains biographical information, materials related to conference programs Ebbers led, presentation materials on topics related to higher education, files regarding his work with Iowa community colleges, community college leadership program records, correspondence files, and other materials documenting his career at Iowa State University. |
Biographical note
Larry H. Ebbers was born in Rockwell, Iowa, on June 17, 1941. He received his B.S. (1962) and his M.S. (1968) in agricultural education along with his Ph.D. (1972) in higher education all from Iowa State University. Ebbers began his teaching career as the vocational agriculture and physical science instructor (1962-1963) at Iowa Falls Community School District and followed that with a stint as the vocational agriculture instructor (1963-1965) at Spencer Community High School. Ebbers joined the Iowa State University staff as an Administrative Assistant (1965-1967) to the Director of Residence. He was promoted to Assistant Director of Residence (1970-1972). Following the completion of his Ph.D., Ebbers was named Assistant to the Dean (1972-1976) and Assistant Professor and Student Classification Officer (1972-1975) in the College of Education. He was promoted to Associate Professor (1975-1981) and Professor (1981-2016) of Professional Studies in Education. Ebbers served as Chair of the Department of Professional Studies (1985-1992) and as Assistant Dean (1976-1984) and Associate Dean (1998-2000) in the College of Education. He retired in 2016. Throughout his career, Ebbers was concerned with issues related to leadership in higher education. He taught courses on college organization and administration, curriculum development in colleges, college teaching, comprehensive community college, and student development theory. He initiated the Leadership Institute for a New Century (LINC) in 1989, a program designed for women and minorities preparing for community college leadership positions. In 1995, he started the Community College Leadership Initiative Consortium (CLIC) focused on providing leadership development for upper-level community college administrators. Ebbers originated the Latino/a Education Initiative Conference in 2012, an annual event that brings together national authorities on issues impacting Latina/o education. Ebbers had a long association with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), an organization that supports those working in the student affairs profession. He served as President (1987-1988), Editor of the NASPA Journal (1981-1984), Program Chair of the National Conference (1992), and Director of Research and Program Development (1979-1981) for the organization. In recognition of his service to the association and his dedication to serving leaders in higher education, NASPA awarded him the Region IV Easy Distinguished Service Award (1977), the Regional Award for Distinguished Service (1990), the Fred Turner Award for Outstanding Service to the Profession (1991), and the Robert Shaffer Award for Excellence (1996) as a Graduate Faculty Member. Ebbers received numerous other awards for his teaching and service. Iowa State University awarded him the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award (1976) and he received the Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1979) from the ISU Student Alumni Association. He received the Faculty Excellence Award (2001) given by the Iowa Board of Regents, and received the Iowa State University Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice (2008). He received the Leadership Award from the American Association of Community Colleges and the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees named their Honorary Trustee Award after Ebbers in 2016. In recognition of his work to increase diversity in community college leadership and on campus, Ebbers received the Faculty Award for Diversity Enhancement from the Iowa State University College of Human Sciences in 2016. Larry Ebbers married the former Barbara Smith and they had two children, Lori and Kimberly. |
Collection description
This collection (1969-2015, undated) contains biographical information, correspondence, reports, course notes, presentation materials, videotapes, meeting materials, and digital records of Larry Ebbers. Files related to his work at Iowa State University include information about his service on University committees, his work in establishing Iowa State’s Learning Communities program, his involvement in student leadership initiatives, and samples of his teaching notes. A large portion of the collection documents Ebbers’ work supporting the development of leaders for Iowa’s community colleges. Presentation materials, meeting minutes, and correspondence are included in files related to the Leadership Institute for a New Century (LINC) and the Community College Leadership Initiative Consortium (CLIC), two major community college leadership initiatives Ebbers established. Also in the collection are files related to consulting work done by Ebbers, primarily for Iowa community colleges, and talks presented at meetings of professional organizations related to higher education. |
Organization
This collection is organized into three series: |
Description of series
| Series 1 | Biographical Information and Community Service | 1969-2010, undated |
| extent: | 0.42 linear feet (1 document box) | |
| description: | This series contains biographical information, including awards, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and materials related to Ebbers’ employment at Iowa State. Materials related to his service to the Ames community are also included. This series is organized alphabetically with general biographical information and clippings at the front. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Biographical: general information |
1971-2010 |
1 |
2 |
Biographical: awards |
1996-2001 |
1 |
3 |
Biographical: doctoral program |
1969-1971 |
1 |
4 |
Biographical: nomination for graduate faculty membership |
1980 |
1 |
5 |
Biographical: Phi Kappa Phi |
1996-1997 |
1 |
6 |
Biographical: photographs (4 b/w and 6 color) |
undated |
1 |
7-8 |
Biographical: post tenure review statement |
1995-1996 |
1 |
9 |
Biographical: promotion to Associate Dean |
1996 |
1 |
10 |
Service: 1962 Class Reunion Committee |
1987 |
1 |
11 |
Service: Ames Kiwanis Club |
1976-1983 |
1 |
12 |
Service: Ames Rotary Club |
1977-1981 |
1 |
13 |
Service: Lutheran Campus Ministry Board |
1979-1984 |
1 |
14 |
Service: Regional Substance Abuse Center Board |
1984 |
Description of series
| Series 2 | Iowa State University | 1971-2013, undated |
| extent: | 2.52 linear feet (6 document boxes) | |
| description: | This series contains files from Ebbers documenting his career at Iowa State University as an administrator and professor of higher education. The files include materials related to courses he taught on community colleges, committee work, correspondence, publications authored by Ebbers, and other campus projects he participated in. Perhaps most significantly are his files related to the establishment of student learning communities at Iowa State. This series is organized alphabetically. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
3 |
1 |
Authentic Learning Leadership Initiative (ALLI) |
1998-2000 |
3 |
2-4 |
Committee work: Advisory Committee on the Naming of Buildings and Streets |
1994-2005 |
3 |
5 |
Committee work: Campus Master Plan Steering Committee |
1990-1991 |
3 |
6 |
Committee work: Capital Improvement Advisory Committee |
1993-1994 |
3 |
7 |
Committee work: College of Human Sciences 150th Committee |
2006-2007 |
3 |
8 |
Committee work: Greeks 2000 Task Force |
1993-1994 |
4 |
1 |
Committee work: School of Education Implementation Committee |
2011-2012 |
4 |
2-3 |
Committee work: Student Life Study Committee |
1984-1985 |
4 |
4 |
Conferences: Iowa Student Personnel Association |
1978-2006 |
4 |
5 |
Correspondence |
1975-2001 |
4 |
6 |
Graduate curriculum: community college teaching certificate |
2002 |
15 |
5-6 |
Iowa Latina/o Conference, Presentations, Departmental Files (17 CDs, 2 Zip Disks, 1 floppy disk) |
1999-2013, undated |
15 |
7-11 |
Iowa Latina/o Education Initiative Conference |
2013-2015 |
4 |
7 |
Iowa Mathematics and Science Education Partnership |
2008-2010 |
4 |
8 |
Iowa State University: community college student transfer information |
2006-2008 |
4 |
9 |
Learning Communities at Iowa State |
1995-1999 |
5 |
1-5 |
Learning Communities at Iowa State |
1998-2007 |
5 |
6-7 |
Professional Studies in Education: faculty minutes, curriculum planning, and advanced degrees |
1988-1996 |
5 |
8 |
Proposal: Center for Community College Development |
1994-1995 |
5 |
9 |
Proposal: Master of Education degree specialization in community college teaching and learning |
1998 |
5 |
10 |
Publications by Ebbers |
1971-1978 |
6 |
1-2 |
Publications by Ebbers |
1978-2011 |
6 |
3 |
Publications: article on cultural competence |
1988 |
6 |
4 |
Publications: book reviews |
1976-1999 |
6 |
5 |
Publications: draft of article on student personnel officers |
1979 |
6 |
6-7 |
Publications: Supplement to Residence Halls in U.S. Higher Education: A Selective Bibliography |
1976-1981 |
6 |
8 |
Research Institute for Studies in Education (RISE) |
2008 |
6 |
9 |
Scholarship recognition dinners |
1986-1995 |
6 |
10 |
Shared Leadership for Institutional Change (SLIC) |
1998-2003 |
6 |
11 |
Teaching: Higher Education 576 - Student Development |
1995-1996 |
2 |
1-13 |
Teaching: Higher Education 580G - Current Topics in Community Colleges: Faculty and Staff Evaluation (13 VHS videotapes) |
1995-1999, undated |
6 |
12 |
Teaching: Higher Education 615B - Community Colleges of the Future |
2000-2002 |
Description of series
| Series 3 | Iowa Community Colleges | 1978-2015, undated |
| extent: | 3.36 linear feet (8 document boxes) | |
| description: | This series contains files documenting Iowa’s community college system. Two community college leadership initiatives begun by Ebbers make up a significant portion of this series, the Community College Leadership Initiative Consortium (CLIC), which focused on upper-level administrators, and the Leadership Institute for a New Century (LINC), which helped prepare women and minorities for leadership positions in community colleges. In addition, this series contains files related to professional organizations, consulting work, presentations, and workshops. This series is organized alphabetically. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
6 |
13 |
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Commission on Research |
1999-2001 |
6 |
14 |
Community College and Workforce Preparation Research Agenda Task Force |
1988-1996 |
6 |
15 |
Community College Joint Admission Project |
2000 |
7 |
1-9 |
Community College Leadership Initiative Consortium |
1995-1998, undated |
8 |
1-11 |
Community College Leadership Initiative Consortium |
1997-2004 |
9 |
1-10 |
Community College Leadership Initiative Consortium |
2004-2015 |
9 |
11-12 |
Community College Leadership Program |
2011-2013 |
9 |
13 |
Community College Leadership Program: Kansas City conference |
2006-2007 |
9 |
14 |
Community College Leadership Program: University of Texas at Austin |
2002 |
9 |
15 |
Community college licensure |
1993-1995 |
9 |
16 |
Community college licensure codes |
1994-1998 |
9 |
17-18 |
Community College Licensure Evaluator Approval Class |
1994-1995 |
10 |
1 |
Community College Licensure Task Force |
1997 |
10 |
2 |
Community College Policy Center: planning materials |
2009 |
10 |
3 |
Community college survey of religious opportunities |
1984 |
10 |
4 |
Community College Workforce Agenda Task Force |
2000-2003 |
10 |
5 |
Community colleges: draft report of Iowa funding study recommendations |
1997 |
10 |
6 |
Community colleges: State level community college organization and governance |
1997 |
10 |
7 |
Conference proposal: Strengthening the Bridge for Student Services Entering the Twenty-First Century |
undated |
10 |
8 |
Conferences: American Association of Community Colleges Leadership Summit of University Programs |
2004 |
10 |
9 |
Consulting: Kirkwood Community College |
1995-2004 |
10 |
10 |
Consulting: Kirkwood Community College |
2004 |
10 |
11 |
Consulting: North Iowa Area Community College |
1993-1996 |
10 |
12 |
Consulting: Vanderbilt University |
2006 |
10 |
13 |
Consulting: Waldorf College |
2000-2007 |
10 |
14 |
Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) |
1999 |
10 |
15-16 |
History of community colleges in Iowa |
circa 1985 |
10 |
17 |
Iowa Police Leadership Institute |
2000 |
10 |
18-19 |
Leadership Institute for a New Century |
1989-1992 |
11 |
1-10 |
Leadership Institute for a New Century (3 color photographs in folder 11/6) |
1992-1999 |
12 |
1-7 |
Leadership Institute for a New Century |
1999-2003 |
13 |
1-7 |
Leadership Institute for a New Century |
2003-2011 |
13 |
8 |
Legislative Subcommittee Hearing on Community College Governance Structure |
1999 |
13 |
9 |
National Association of Student Personnel Administration: journal articles by Ebbers |
1978-1981 |
13 |
10-11 |
National Association of Student Personnel Administration: Presidency |
1986 |
13 |
12-13 |
National Association of Student Personnel Administration: Conference |
1979-2012 |
13 |
14 |
National Institute for Staff And Organizational Development: International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence |
2000-2001 |
14 |
1 |
National Study of Community and Technical College Academic Deans |
2000 |
14 |
2 |
Presentations: “Minority Student Success: What the Research Tells Us” |
1994 |
14 |
3 |
Presentations: American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) |
1996-2014 |
14 |
4 |
Presentations: American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) |
2001-2002 |
14 |
5 |
Presentations: Drake University |
2008 |
14 |
6 |
Presentations: Iowa Association of Community College Trustees annual conference |
2000-2006 |
14 |
7 |
Presentations: Iowa Association of Community College Trustees conference |
2006 |
14 |
8 |
Presentations: Iowa College and University Professional Association for Human Resources and Iowa Association of College and University Business Officers joint conference |
2014 |
14 |
9 |
Presentations: Iowa Community College Board and Vice Presidents conference |
2014 |
14 |
10 |
Presentations: Iowa Community College Summit |
2011 |
14 |
11 |
Presentations: Iowa Community Colleges Staffing Needs Study |
2001 |
14 |
12 |
Presentations: Iowa Western Tech board retreat |
1993-2008 |
14 |
13 |
Presentations: Metropolitan Community College, Omaha |
2004 |
14 |
14 |
Presentations: Wyoming community colleges |
2004 |
14 |
15 |
Reports: Iowa Association of Community College Trustees and Iowa Association of Community College Presidents organizational study |
1996 |
14 |
16 |
Reports: Working Effectively-the College Administration Network (WE-CAN) |
1996 |
14 |
17 |
Stakeholders Working Group for the Community College Five-Year Strategic Plan |
2000 |
14 |
18 |
Stakeholders Working Group for the Community College Five-Year Strategic Plan |
2005-2006 |
14 |
19 |
Workshops: Community Colleges of Iowa Regional Think Tank |
2003 |
14 |
20 |
Workshops: Grandview College |
1998-2000 |
14 |
21 |
Workshops: Iowa Community College: FastTrac program |
1997 |
14 |
22 |
Workshops: Iowa Lakes Community College |
2003 |
15 |
1 |
Workshops: Morningside College |
1993 |
15 |
2 |
Workshops: Northwest Iowa Community College Leadership Development Initiative |
2003 |
15 |
3 |
Workshops: Virtual Community College |
2001 |
15 |
4 |
Workshops: Wyoming community colleges |
2003 |