Online content
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Academic Senate records
- Dates:
- 1950-2008
- Creators:
- Academic Senate and Academic Senate
- Abstract:
- Records of the Academic Senate of Cal Poly. The collection includes minutes and agendas, resolutions, administrative files, and materials relating to standing and special committees of the Academic Senate.
- Extent:
- 90 Linear Feet (107 boxes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Academic Senate Records. Special Collections and Archives, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection is comprised of minutes and supplementary materials, agendas, and administrative files of the Academic Senate. The administrative files include records that predate the establishment of the Academic Senate. Records include bylaws, materials relating to standing and special committees, including records of the Academic Senate Executive Committee.
- Biographical / historical:
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Prior to the establishment of the Academic Senate, there were several attempts to organize faculty advisory committees on campus. In approximately 1964, the Faculty-Staff Council was formed, a 55-person body representing the entire college faculty and staff. The role of the Faculty-Staff Council was to facilitate communication between faculty, staff, and the administration, as well as formulating guidelines for the operation of various committees across campus.
The Faculty-Staff Council was formally dissolved during its November 12, 1968, meeting, due to the formation of the Staff Senate and the Academic Senate. The disbandment was a strategic restructuring to better accommodate the distinct needs and roles of faculty and staff. The first Academic Senate meeting was called to order by Interim Chairman Rodney Keif. The role of the Academic Senate was to take on responsibilities concerning academic policies, including the approval of new courses and adjustments to existing programs, as well as being an advisory body to Cal Poly's administration.
Currently, the Academic Senate is the faculty governing body of Cal Poly, representing over 1,300 faculty members. It is the principal mechanism for consultative participation by the University community in the administrative decisions of the President. This legislative body is comprised of approximately 50 elected faculty representatives, four administrators, and two students.
The Academic Senate formulates and evaluates policy and procedures on academic, fiscal, and personnel matters. The work of the Senate is accomplished through its several committees (comprised of approximately 130 faculty, administrators, and students), which receive their charges from the Academic Senate Executive Committee. Recommended action is forwarded to the Academic Senate for deliberation and then to the President for approval and implementation. In addition, the Academic Senate may make recommendations to the Board of Trustees, the Chancellor, or the CSU Academic Senate that it judges will benefit the CSU. https://academicsenate.calpoly.edu/
- Acquisition information:
- Multiple transfers from the Academic Senate Office and members of the Academic Senate, beginning in 1984 to the present. Accruals are expected.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged in 5 series:
1. Academic Senate Resolutions 2. Minutes and Agendas 3. Administrative Files 4. Audio Tapes 5. Analog and Digital Media
The Minutes and Agendas Series consists of minutes and agendas from the Academic Senate, including the Executive Committee. The Academic Senate Resolutions Series consists of formal resolution proposals beginning in 1975. Administrative files contain documents regarding the Academic Senate's Bylaws, membership lists, budgeting files, curriculum documents, and correspondence and minutes pertaining to the numerous committees included but not limited to the Executive Committee, Curriculum Committee, and Fairness Board, organized chronologically. Series 4 consists of audio recordings of Academic Senate meetings and Series 5 includes analog and digital media transferred from the Academic Senate.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-02 01:01:08 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open to researchers by appointment. For more information on visiting, access policies, and reproduction requests, please visit our Reference Services page online at http://lib.calpoly.edu/search-and-find/collections-and-archives/reference-services/.
- Terms of access:
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Digital copies are provided to researchers for the purpose of study, research, and personal use only, unless otherwise specified in writing. Materials that are the property of Cal Poly Special Collections and Archives require written permission prior to publication. No complete collection may be reproduced. For print and online publication, please visit our Reproduction Services page online at http://lib.calpoly.edu/support/sca-policies/reproduction/. Special Collections and Archives reserves the right to review all reproduction requests and to withhold permission if scanning would endanger the material, would violate copyright law, or would violate institutional restrictions.
- Preferred citation:
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Academic Senate Records. Special Collections and Archives, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and ArchivesRobert E. Kennedy Library, Rm 409San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, US
- Contact:
- (805) 756-2305