Overview of the Collection
Historical Note:
Access Terms
Administrative Information
Scope and Contents
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: University Senate Records
Dates: 1959-
Identification: MS-0338
Creator:
University Senate
Physical Description: 33.75 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Historical Note:
The SDSU Senate is a delegate assembly of the faculty through which the faculty normally exercises its powers. It has the
power to act for the faculty on all matters within the scope of the faculty except the graduation of students.
Duties of the Senate :
The Senate shall consider policies with respect to the general welfare of the University. It shall review established policies,
consider new policies, and sturdy matters of concern to the students or faculty members.
It shall be responsible for the formulation of educational policy, including admissions, curricula, and criteria for the granting
of degrees. It shall analyze established and proposed policies of instruction and consider variations in policy in exceptional
cases.
It shall advise the President in the selection of administrative personnel.
It shall be responsible for the maintenance of adequate communication between the faculty and the administration. Any member
of the faculty may request any member of the Senate to transmit to the Senate for discussion and possible action, topics coming
under the jurisdiction of the Senate.
It shall be responsible for the appointment of Senate committees. It shall establish rules and procedures for its standing
committees and establish procedures for the appointment of general faculty standing committees and special committees.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Corporate Name:
San Diego State University -- Administration -- History -- Sources
San Diego State University -- Faculty -- History -- Sources
San Diego State University. Senate -- Archives
San Diego State University. Senate -- History -- Sources
Genre/Form of Material:
Institutional Archives
Administrative Information
Accruals:
1994
Conditions Governing Use:
The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. Permissions
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, University Senate Records, Special Collections and University Archives,
Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Related Materials:
Additional copies of Senate Minutes are located in the Basement Files, boxes B-362 to B-463. Additional copies of Faculty
Senate Executive Committee Minutes are in the Basement Files, boxes B-365 to B-369.
Scope and Contents
This collection has been divided into two series: the
General Files consist of items of Senate-wide concern (e.g., constitution and by-laws, established procedures, special rules, resolutions,
and chronologically-arranged correspondence as received in the Senate office from the President of the University, Vice President
for Academic Affairs, and as sent by the Secretary and Chair of the Senate. The
Committee Files consist of Committee, Subcommittee, and Ad-Hoc Committee correspondence, minutes of meetings, and policies and resolutions.