Academic Council records, 1954-2000

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Academic Council
Abstract:
This collection contains materials of the Academic Council, established at Duke University in 1962. The Academic Council is a group of faculty members who provide representation of the body of Duke University faculty to the Administration, Board of Trustees, and other decision-making groups. Types of materials include minutes and associated materials, memoranda and correspondence, council and committee membership lists, new committee charges, reports, bylaws, policy documents and related proposals, financial records, and other records of the Academic Council and its committees. Major subjects include Duke University faculty, Duke University Administration, and Duke University Board of Trustees. Materials range in date from 1954-2000. English.
Extent:
30 Linear Feet
0.4 Megabytes (3 files)
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
UA.28.03.0001
University Archives Record Group:
28 -- Faculty and Staff Organizations
28 -- Faculty and Staff Organizations > 03 -- Academic Council

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains materials of the Academic Council, established at Duke University in 1962. The Academic Council is a group of faculty members who provide representation of the body of Duke University faculty to the Administration, Board of Trustees, and other decision-making groups. The collection includes minutes and associated materials, memoranda and correspondence, council and committee membership lists, new committee charges, reports, bylaws, policy documents and related proposals, financial records, and other records of the Academic Council and its committees. Materials range in date from 1954-2000. Materials are continuously added to this collection.

Biographical / historical:

The Academic Council and the Executive Committee which it elects are the chief instruments of faculty governance at Duke University. The formation of an Academic Council was recommended in a March, 1962 report of the University Faculty's Committee on Faculty Organization, and authorized in a 1962 revision of the University Bylaws. The first meeting was held on October 18, 1962. The officers of the Academic Council, all elected from the faculty, are the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Secretary. The Academic Council, the Executive Committee that it elects, and the University Policy and Planning Advisory Committee replaced the University Council as the primary vehicles for faculty representation and participation in the governance of the University. In 1972, the faculty granted to the Academic Council full power to act on their behalf. The Academic Council has become the principal open forum for discussion of all matters of interest to the University community. The minutes of the Council constitute an open record of discussion and opinion on all matters that the faculty deems important for University consideration.

Acquisition information:

Transfer; 1967-2001; 67-63, 68-328, 69-45, 71-384, 73-69, 73-92, 73-115, 74-99, 74-109, 76-104, 77-12, 78-6, 79-78, 1981-119, 82-66, 82-103, 82-120, 85-57, 87-30, 90-9, 90-45, 91-94, 93-38, A94-131, 96-103, 96-129, A97-89, A98-82, A99-66, A2000-6, A2001-15, A2001-50.

Transfer UA2018.0044.

Processing information:

Processed by Christine Stachowicz and University Archives staff

Completed August, 2002

Encoded by Emily Glenn.

Accession UA2018.0044 added by Tracy M. Jackson, September 2018.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Names:
Duke University -- Administration
Duke University -- Faculty
Duke University. Board of Trustees
Duke University. Academic Council

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For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.

Records, such as search committee files or others pertaining to employment where individuals are identified, are closed for 70 years.

Records of the University's Board of Trustees which have been existence for at least fifty years are available for scholarly research with the permission of the University Archivist. Access to records which have been in existence for less than fifty years shall be granted only by special permission, in writing, from the Board of Trustees.

Unprocessed materials are closed pending processing.

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[Identification of item], Academic Council Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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