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INVENTORY OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE MINUTES AND AGENDAS, 1958-1993
CSU 041
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Title: California State University Board of Trustees Committee Minutes and Agendas,
Dates: 1958-1993
Collection Number: CSU 041
Creator:
California State University -- Board of Trustees
Extent:
18 boxes
17 linear ft
Repository:
California State University Historical Archives
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room G-145
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://archives.csudh.edu/
Abstract:
Minutes and agendas of meetings of the various committees of the California State University Board of Trustees (1958-1993).
Language: Collection material is in English
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Title of item], California State University Board of Trustees Committee Minutes and Agendas, Courtesy of the Department of
Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Materials in this collection were transferred by the Chancellor’s Office and other offices, and collected by archives staff.
It is a growing collection. It appears that much of the Committee Collection was harvested from Board of Trustees Minutes
prior to 1995.
Originally processing of the Committee of Faculty and Staff Affairs was done by Sandra Zafran, Intern Archives Fall 1986,
under direction of Jacque Sundstrand, CSU Archivist. Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services,
February 2001.Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Xiuzhi Zhou.
Complete collection re-processed during 2004-2006 CSU System-wide Archives Processing Project.
The California State University System, formally established in 1960 by the Donahoe Higher Education Act. It is the nation’s
largest university system, with 23 campuses and seven off-campus centers, more than 400,000 students and 42,000 faculty and
staff. The CSU is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California (the others are the University of
California and the California Community College System). Since 1961 more than 2 million alumni have received a bachelor's,
master's, and doctoral (Ph.D. and Ed.D) degrees from the university system. It offers more than 1,800 degree programs in some
240-subject areas.
Today's California State University system is the direct descendant of the California State Normal School (now, San Jose State
University) established by the California Legislature on May 2, 1862. By 1895 there were four State Normal schools. In 1921,
the schools were re-named the State Teacher’s Schools. In 1935 the colleges were re-named the California State Colleges and
were run by the State Department of Education. With the master plan created along with the Donohue Act, the California State
Colleges were placed under control of the CSC Board of Trustees. In 1972 the system was renamed the California State Colleges
and Universities. The term "Colleges" was dropped in 1982.
Responsibility for the California State University is vested in the Board of Trustees, whose members are appointed by the
Governor of the State of California. The Trustees appoint the Chancellor, who is the chief executive officer of the system,
and the Presidents, who are the chief executive officers of their respective campuses. The Academic Senate of the California
State University, made up of elected representatives of the faculty from each campus, recommends academic policy to the Board
of Trustees through the Chancellor. Chancellors of the system include Buell Gallagher (1961-1962); Glenn S. Dumke (1962-1982);
W. Ann Reynolds (1982-1990); Ellis E. McCune [Acting] (1990-1991); Barry Munitz (1991-1998); Charles B. Reed (1998- ).
In adopting the Donahoe Higher Education Act of 1960, the State Legislature established the Board of Trustees of the California
State College (designated "The California University" on January 1, 1982) to "succeed to the powers, duties and functions
with respect to the management, administration, and control of the State Colleges." Prior to this, the State Board of Education
had jurisdiction over separate colleges. The Board of Trustees governs the California State University system by: "Developing
broad administrative policy for the campus; Providing broad direction and coordination to campus curricular development; Overseeing
the efficient management of funds, property facilities, and investments by the system and the campuses; Appointing the Chancellor
and the Vice Chancellors for the system, and the Presidents for the campuses as chief executives with certain delegated responsibilities;
Communicating to the people of California an understanding and appreciation of the current effectiveness and the future needs
of the California State University."
Under present California Law there are twenty-four voting Trustees. The Donahoe Act -which grew out of the recommendations
contained in A Master Plan for Higher Education in California, 1960 -1975 -was added to the California Education Code as Division
16.5. Along with Division 18 of the Code, it defines the composition, appointments, terms, powers, and functions of the Board
of Trustees.
Minutes and agendas of meetings of the various committees of the California State University Board of Trustees (1958-1993).
Committees include Committee on Educational Policy (1960-1987, 4 ft); Committee on Gifts and Public Affairs (1961-1975, 2
ft); Committee on Salaries (1958-1959, 5 folders); Committee on Faculty and Staff Affairs (1961-1975, 2 ft); Committee on
Organization and Rules (1961-1977, 1 ft.); Joint Committee (1960-1980, 2 ft); Executive Review Committee (1983, 1 folder);
Committee on Finance (1960-1993, 3 ft); Committee on Audit (1967-1983, 1 ft.). Much of this material is duplicated in the
CSU Board of Trustees Minutes and Agendas. Microfiche of some of the materials (1960-1985) is available.
College trustees -- California
California State University
California State University. Board of Trustees
CSU Board of Trustee Minutes Collection