Records of the Office of Vice-President for Academic Affairs, William Ferrante Papers (Rec. Gr. 2)

The overwhelming majority of the records span Ferrante's academic vice-presidency from 1972 to 1988. There are some items in the collection, however, which both predate and postdate his term as academic vice-president. Those records have been kept with the Ferrante Papers because they provide continuity to issues which arose prior to Ferrante's assumption of the vice-presidency and/or which were not finally resolved until after he left the position.

The Vice-President for Academic Affairs was the chief academic officer for the university and second in rank to the president among the university's administrative officers. The records in this record group are the administrative files of the office of the vice-president for academic affairs during the tenure of William Ferrante. They document the activities of the highest ranking academic officer at the University of Rhode Island.