Guide to the Records of the Commission on Responses to a Changing Student Body, 1987-1990

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Guide to the Records of the Commission on Responses to a Changing Student Body, 1987-1990

Collection number: CU-156

University Archives, The Bancroft Library



University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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Collection Summary

Collection Title: Records of the Commission on Responses to a Changing Student Body,
Date (inclusive): 1987-1990
Collection Number: CU-156
Creator: University of California, Berkeley. Commission on Responses to a Changing Student Body.
Extent: 3 boxes (3.75 linear ft.)
Repository: The Bancroft Library. University Archives.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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Collection is open for research.

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[Identification of item], Records of the Commission on Responses to a Changing Student Body, CU-156, University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content

These materials were transferred to University Archives from the Office of the Chancellor on 19 June 1992, after publication in 1991 of the report of the Commission.
The Commission, chaired by Professor Christina Maslach, was established in 1988 with the charge to study and recommend methods for maximizing student success on the Berkeley Campus. The Commission, consisting of faculty, students and staff, attempted to address such problems as student retention, admissions, advising, housing, as well as academic and curriculum issues. These records reflect the activities of the Commission and the methods it used to gather information relevant to these concerns--interviews, open meetings, surveys, studying relevant reports, and seeking input from a wide variety of campus units and groups.
The commission issued its report in 1991: Promoting student success at Berkeley : guidelines for the future : report of the Commission on Responses to a Changing Student Body / Christina Maslach, chair.

Scope and Content

The records consist of meeting materials, correspondence, drafts of its report, questionnaires, records of interviews, statistical materials, affirmative action reports, and reports and publications used as background materials.

 

Committee materials

Box 1, folder 1

Charge to the Commission, 1988

folder 2

Rosters

folder 3

Commission correspondence, 1988

folder 4

Correspondence to commissioners

folder 5

Maslach interview with James Briggs

folder 6

Summary of campus research projects, by Linda P. Birky, 1989

folder 7

Emerging themes for the commission, 1989

folder 8

Maslach interview with Leonard Kuhi

folder 9

Freshman contact program, 1989-90

folder 10

Maslach interview with Eleanor Langlois and Ernie Hudson, Office of Institutional research

folder 11

Press release. 1988

folder 12

Subgroup assignments and proposal

folder 13

Subgroup reports

folder 14

Subgroup responses

folder 15

Meetings--agendas and minutes

folder 16-17

Chronological files

folder 18

Drafts of report, Feb and Apr 1990

folder 19

Draft, May 1990

folder 20

Vice Chancellor Roderic Park correspondence, 1987-88

folder 21

Chair Christina Maslach correspondence, 1988-90

 

Questionnaires and responses

Box 1, folder 22

Requests for information sent out by the Commission

folder 23

Student groups responses to request

folder 24

Responses by departments to requests for information

folder 25

Responses, A-C

folder 26

Responses, D-F

folder 27

Responses, G-L

folder 28

Responses, M-P

folder 29

Responses, R-T

folder 30

Responses, U-Z

 

Student hearings

Box 2, folder 1

Student hearings, Feb 1990: summary and misc concerning

folder 2

Tapes of hearing of Feb 20, 1990 (2)

folder 3

Tapes of hearing of Feb 21, 1990 (2)

 

Statistical materials

Box 2, folder 4

The academic community as of Oct 31, 1985

folder 5

Freshman survey, Sept 1, 1988, Office of Student Research

folder 6

Freshman survey data, Jan 9, 1989

folder 7

Seniors in selected majors by genders, Oct 1985

folder 8

Undergraduate leavers and persisters: results of a telephone survey, Spring 1979

folder 9

Surveys and questionnaires, 1988

folder 10

Berkeley campus, Fall 1987

folder 11

Center for Education statistics, Apr 1988

folder 12

Doctoral progression status for the 1978-79 cohort: eight major groups

folder 13

In recognition of the University of California early academic outreach program efforts, 1988, Office of the President, Admission and Outreach Services

folder 14

12th annual student affirmative action conference: "Making a difference: a plan for the future," 1988

folder 15

Persistence of freshmen students after 2 years and persistence/graduation after 4 years, 1988

folder 16

Statistical summary of students and staff, Fall 1987

folder 17

Women by student level and academic area, 1983-87

folder 18

Presidential Commission on Admissions and Affirmative Action: a student perspective on admissions, ASUC, Spring 1989

 

Affirmative action materials

Box 2, folder 19

Academic affirmative action organization group: humanities, 1986-89

folder 20

Academic affirmative action plan 1986-89 and annual update 1987-88

folder 21

Affirmative action 1988 [graduate students]

folder 22

Affirmative action and equal opportunity compendium, Feb 1983

folder 23

Affirmative action and equal opportunity compendium, update, July 1989

folder 24

Annual report on affirmative action, 1986-87, UC Berkeley Graduate Division; and Affirmative action evaluation, Office of the President, Feb 1988

folder 25

Beyond the barriers: affirmative action Berkeley, 1987-88

folder 26

Early academic outreach program: Challenges and opportunities--student affirmative action, Office of the President, 1988

folder 27

Information digest: a reference guide to student affirmative action efforts at the University of California, 1988

 

Reports

Box 2, folder 28

Academic report on intercollegiate athletes, W. Russell Ellis, Jerrold Takahashi, 1967

folder 29

Advancement and promotion at UC Berkeley, Committee on the Status of Women and Ethnic Minorities, Fall 1987

folder 30

An overview of freshman persistence and graduation at Berkeley, Office of Student Research, 1985

folder 31

Asian Americans at Berkeley, May 1989

folder 32

Berkeley students from 1964 to 1984: what are the differences and what difference does it make?, Rose Scherini, Gregg Thompson, Office of Student Research, n.d.

folder 33

Black Student Action Group recommendations, 1987

folder 34

Building a multiracial, multicultural university community, Stanford University, 1989

folder 35

Business & Administrative Services annual report, 1987/88

folder 36

California faces California's future: Education for citizenship in a multicultural democracy, Joint Committee for Review of the Master Plan in Higher Education. 1988

folder 37

Campus concerns discussion group, 1989

folder 38

Campus climate: perceptions and reality, Roberto P. Haro, 1989

folder 39

The Challenge of increasing faculty diversity at Berkeley, a report of a departmental survey conducted by the Provosts' Academic Affirmative Council, 1989

folder 40

Commuter Task Force Committee report, 1984

folder 41

The Davis social environment, UC Davis, 1988

folder 42

Elapsed time to doctoral degree received 1980-87, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Division, 1988

folder 43

Elberg report: Academic Senate Committee on Academic Planning, 1986

folder 44

The Elberg and Smelser reports: proposals for a response from the College of Letters and Science, 1987

folder 45

Essential elements of campus health services, 1986

folder 46

Expanding the educational role of the Graduate Division, Maresi Nerad and Joseph Cerny, 1989

folder 47

Faculty guide to campus life

folder 48

Freshman admissions at Berkeley: a policy for the 1990s and beyond, Committee on Admissions and Enrollment, Berkeley Division, Academic Senate, Jerome Karabel, chair, 1989

folder 49

Graduate Division recommendations: Summary of recommendations to shorten doctoral time to degree and improve completion rates, 1989

folder 50

Graduate student retention, 1989

folder 51

Health and success project; preliminary results, Bernard Griego, Gregg Thompson, Dorothy Carnegie, 1988

folder 52

Health promotion activities; annual report for the academic year 1987-88, Student Health Service

folder 53

Historical comparison of the US and Australia: Determinants of national identity [research proposal], Lynnette Spillman, 1988

folder 54

Interracial relations: the hidden gift of diversity; final report, 1988

folder 55

Language acquisitions skills task force report and recommendations, 1982

folder 56

Latino report card on the University of California, Latino Issues Forum, 1988

folder 57

Looking toward a new century: a special report to the people of California, University of California Office of the President, 1988

folder 58

Lower division education in the University of California: a report from the Task force on Lower Division Education, Neil J. Smelser, chair, 1986

Box 3, folder 1

The Madison plan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988

folder 2

Major gains and losses, part two: a staff report on shifts since 1976 in the popularity of various academic disciplines as fields of study at California's public universities, California Postsecondary Education Commission, 1987

folder 3

Multicultural assessment plan for independent colleges, Office of Minority Affairs, National Association of Independent Schools, 1988

folder 4

Papajopoulos thesis: The Balkanized world of U.C. Berkeley, 1988. Includes Neil J. Smelser's response, The cultures that are Berkeley

folder 5

Project description: The challenge of diversity, 1989

folder 6

Public Libraries face California's ethnic and racial diversity, Judith Payne, 1988

folder 7

Recommendations from various reports: a compilation prepared for members of the commission

folder 8

The recoloring of campus life: student racism, academic pluralism, and the end of a dream, Shelby Steele, 1989 [Harper's Magazine]

folder 9

Report of the Coordinating Committee on the Status of Women, 1989

folder 10

Report on the systemwide conference on the status of UC women, 1987

folder 11

Retention update, Office of Student Research, 1987

folder 12

Retention Work Group: actions and interviews, 1987

folder 13

Select Committee for Lesbian and Gay Concerns report: In every classroom, Rutgers University, 1989

folder 14

Sex bias in graduate admissions: data from Berkeley, P.J. Bickel et al., Science, 1975

folder 15

A state of change: California's ethnic future and libraries, 1988

folder 16

Status of Chicanos/Latinos at the University of California, University of Chicano/Latino Consortium, 1988. Also: Update, 1989

folder 17

Student Commission on Educational Reform, ASUC, 1987

folder 18

Student Commission on Higher Education: a student response to the Joint Committee to Review the Master Plan for Higher Education, ASUC, 1988

folder 19

Student orientation at Berkeley, 1989

folder 20

Subject A at the University of California, Berkeley, Ad Hoc Committee to Review Subject A and Subject A for Non-Native Speakers, 1989

folder 21

Summary of activities undertaken to improve retention of underrepresented minority students, Office for Undergraduate Affairs, 1988

folder 22

Task Force on Black Student Persistence. The challenge ahead: improving black student graduation, 1987.

folder 23

Telephoning students who have dropped out: notes on proposed project, 1989

folder 24

Training of teaching assistants in the University of California: report to the legislature, Office of the President, 1988

folder 25

Undergraduates working with young children: educational and developmental issues, Susan F. Brand, 1986

folder 26

Undergraduate enrollment, 1988-89, Office of the Chancellor, 1988

folder 27

Unfinished business: fulfilling our children's promise, The Achievement Council, 1988

folder 28

University 101 program materials, prepared for the Northwest Training Institute, by John Gardner, 1989

folder 29

University of California Conference on Future Black Faculty Hiring, by William M. Jackson, Melvin R. Ramey, 1988

folder 30

The University of California in the twenty-first century: successful approaches to faculty diversity, Joyce Bennett Justus, project director, 1987

folder 31

University of California at Berkeley >1988-1989 retention update, Office of Student Research, 1989

folder 32

University of California, Berkeley 1989-90 >student retention update, Office of Student Research, 1990

folder 33

Women and minorities in California public postsecondary education: their employment, classification and compensation, 1975-1985, California Postsecondary Education Commission, 1987

folder 34

Women's safety and campus climate, final report of the task force, 1987

folder 35

Women's safety and campus climate, status of recommendations of the task force, 1987

 

News articles; miscellaneous UC publications

Box 3, folder 36

News articles, 1988

folder 37

News articles, Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989/90

folder 38

News articles, Apr-June 1989

folder 39

News articles: RAND misses the point, 1988

folder 40

News articles: California tomorrow, Spring 1988

folder 41

Publication: Berkeleyan

folder 42

Publication: California Monthly, June 1989

folder 43

Publication: Minorities on campus [advertisement for]

folder 44

Publication: Berkeley Graduate, March & Dec 1989

folder 45

Publication: The internship directory, 1989-1990, UCB Career Planning and Placement Center

folder 46

Publication: The LHS quarterly, Fall 1989

folder 47

Publication: The Stanford Observer, April 1989

folder 48

Publication: UC Focus, Jan 1989-Mar 1990

folder 49

Publication: Where to find it, 1987-88, 1988-89

folder 50

Publication: Resource: a quick reference guide for new Berkeley students, 1987-88

folder 51

Publication: Teaching a diverse student population faculty questionnaire

folder 52

Publication: University Health Service 1989 profile

folder 53

Publication: Guide to the student health service, 1988-1989

folder 54

Publication: Excellence through diversity, Professional Development Program campaign publication

folder 55

Publication: Summary of Office of Institutional Research reports, by Linda P. Birky for the Commission, 1989

folder 56

Misc. re ethnic studies requirement, 1988. Includes letters by Charles Schwartz, Bernard Gifford, Hans Sluga, and mimeographed list of demands by African American students, 1987