Indiana University Council records, 1929-1940, bulk 1930-1936
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Summary Information
Repository
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Creator
Indiana University. University
Council.
TitleIndiana University Council records, 1929-1940, bulk 1930-1936
Collection No.
C233
Extent
.3 cubic feet
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The University Council was created by a
vote of the general faculty on 10 January 1929. The purpose of this group was to
consider any question of academic policy affecting the University as a whole. This
collection is organized into three series: Minutes, Reports and recommendations, and
Memos.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Advance notice is required.
Administrative History
The University Council was created by a vote of the general faculty on 10 January 1929.
The purpose of this group was to consider any question of academic policy affecting the
University as a whole. It had investigative, deliberative and recommendatory powers
only. The Council investigated questions presented to it by the administration, the
faculty as a whole, or any individual member of the faculty. It would submit its
findings and conclusions to the faculty. Recommendations and reports put forth by the
University Council required formal approval from the general faculty in order to be
presented to the Board of Trustees for action.
When the general faculty drafted a Faculty Constitution in April 1947 it created a
Faculty Council to represent the interests of the general faculty with final approval of
the Faculty Council’s legislative, administrative and juridical decisions pending 2/3
approval from the general faculty. The University Council was thereby officially
terminated in Article VI, Section 40 of Faculty Constitution and its functions were
taken over by the newly created Faculty Council.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: Minutes, Reports and recommendations, and Memoranda.
Scope and Content Note
This collection is organized into three series: Minutes, Reports and recommendations,
and Memos, all of which are organized in chronological order.
The first series consists of the recorded proceedings of the University Council
meetings. Minutes from throughout the thirties are present, displaying the intellectual
and institutional concerns of the faculty including the crafting of a new Arts and
Sciences Curriculum, the possibility of shifting from the semester to the quarter
system, the problems and benefits of increased enrollment, as well as the formation of a
general “plan of action” for the university programs.
Reports and recommendations in the second series are those investigatory results and
suggestions made by the University Council to the general faculty at university faculty
meetings. Within this series one can trace the progression of discussions regarding
retirement, as well as policies to stimulate the academic activities of both superior
and “mediocre” students.
The third series, Memoranda, are those documents sent out to members of the University
Council and the general faculty with regard to University Council business. The dominant
theme within this series is the effort to reform the University Council so that it
better met university and faculty needs. Included are surveys sent to the faculty so
that the Council could get direct input from the general faculty.
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Indexing Terms
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IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
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Related Material
See also C236, University Faculty Minutes; C181, Faculty Council Records; C179,
Bloomington Faculty Council Records; C180, University Faculty Council Records.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 7032
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana University Council records, Collection C233, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Processing InformationProcessed by Nicole M. Mares.
Completed in 2004.
Series:
Minutes, 1929-1940
20 October 1936/15 December 1936/26 January
1937
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Series:
Reports and recommendations, 1929-1940
Box 1
Report of the Committee on University Council, 10 January 1929
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Report of the University Council to the Faculty, 03 May 1932
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Report of the Committee on the Stimulation of the Superior Student,
March 1934
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Report of the Committee on Suggestions for Stimulating Students with
Mediocre Ability, March 1934
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Report of the Committee on Retirement, circa 1936
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Indiana University Retirement Budget for the next 15 Years, 04 June 1936
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Report of the University Council Committee on the Quarter System,
circa 1936
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Estimates of the Cost of a Retirement System, circa 1937
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Recommendation for the Modification of Requirements for the A.M.
Degree, circa 1938
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Abstract of Remarks on Personnel Work in Higher Education, undated
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Series:
Memoranda, 1930-1940
Box 1
Memorandum on the Constitutionality of a Pension and Retirement Scheme,
09 June
1936
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Survey re: faculty dissatisfacation with the Council, undated
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Suggested Program for the University Council, undated
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Subjects Studied by the Council in Previous Years, undated
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