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Swarthmore College faculty and staff committees records

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG6.L3
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
4 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Swarthmore College Archives, Swarthmore College faculty and staff committees records, circa 1900-2015, RG 6/L003, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
circa 1900-2015 (inclusive)
Creator:
Swarthmore College
Abstract:
From an initial set of four standing committees of the faculty in 1881, the set of standing and ad-hoc committees of the faculty and staff at Swarthmore College has grown to include dozens of committees. The Swarthmore College faculty and staff committees records, circa 1900-2015, include committee meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and related documents, arranged alphabetically by committee name.

The first standing committees of the Faculty were listed in the Catalogue of 1881: Library, Students' Societies, Catalogue, and Diplomas and Commencement. As of 2015 there are dozens of ad-hoc and standing committees on which faculty and staff serve.

This collection includes committee meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and related documents, arranged alphabetically by committee name.

Organization

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
2015
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Collection Inventory

Committee lists.
Physical Description

1 folder

Absence Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Academic Requirements Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ad Hoc Appointments Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Admissions and Scholarship Policy Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Advisory Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Reports - Report of the Development Planning Group Steering Committee, Fall 1973.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - ACRU report, 1977-05.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - Progress report of the ACRU, 1978-12-08.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - Draft report of the ACRU, 1979-04-02.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - Progress report of the ACRU, 1980-01-17.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - ACRU progress report on implementation of resource plan adopted in 1979, 1980-04-15.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - Progress report of the ACRU, 1981-02.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - Report of the ACRU for 1981, 1981.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - Progress report of the ACRU, 1982-02.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - Report of the ACRU for 1982, 1982.
Box ACRU-1
Reports - Report of the ACRU for 1983, 1983.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1975-1976.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1976-1977.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1977-1978.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1978-1979.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1979-1980.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1980-1981.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1981-1982.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1982-1983.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1983-1984.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1984-1985.
Box ACRU-1
Minutes, 1985-1986.
Box ACRU-1
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1975-1976.
Box ACRU-1
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1976-1977.
Box ACRU-2
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1977-1978.
Box ACRU-2
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1978-1979.
Box ACRU-2
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1979-1980.
Box ACRU-2
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1980-1981.
Box ACRU-2
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1981-1982.
Box ACRU-2
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1982-1983.
Box ACRU-2
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1983-1984.
Box ACRU-2
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1984-1985.
Box ACRU-2
Mailings and supplementary documents, 1985-1986.
Box ACRU-2
Subcommittee on Computer-Based Budget Projections.
Box ACRU-2
Subcommittee on Endowment Use.
Box ACRU-2
Subcommittee on Physical Plant Operation and Maintenance.
Box ACRU-2
Subcommittee on Student-Faculty Ratio.
Box ACRU-2
Subcommittee on Student-Faculty Ratio - CEP Report, 1978-05-16.
Box ACRU-3
Subcommittee on Non-Instructional Expenses.
Box ACRU-3
Subcommittee on Tuition and Financial Aid.
Box ACRU-3
Subcommittee report on Astronomy, 1981-02.
Box ACRU-3
Ad Hoc Committee on the Program in Education report, 1982-04.
Box ACRU-3
Cultural support (student diversity).
Box ACRU-3
Comparative data (11 colleges).
Box ACRU-3
Sources and uses of funds.
Box ACRU-3
American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
Physical Description

1 folder

Athletics Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Black Admissions Ad Hoc Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Black and Minority Concerns Committee.
Box BMC-1 and BMC-2
Physical Description

8 folders

Black Concerns Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Black Studies Curriculum Committee.
Physical Description

5 folders

Calendar Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

College Calendar Ad Hoc Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

College Discipline and the Judicial System Ad Hoc Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

College Housing Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Committee on Faculty Procedures.
Physical Description

1 folder

Committee on Staff Procedures: see Staff Advisory Council.
Community Advisory Council.
Physical Description

1 folder

Community Conclave Coordinating Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Council on Educational Policy (CEP).
Physical Description

2 folders

Curriculum Committee.
Physical Description

5 folders

Development Committees.
Physical Description

1 folder

Engineering Education, Committee on.
Physical Description

1 folder

Equal Opportunity Advisory Committee.
Physical Description

5 folders

Ethical Investment Recommendation Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee.
Physical Description

4 folders

Faculty Compensation and Personnel Policy Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Faculty Committee on the Pre-Medical Program.
Faculty Procedures Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

First Two Years Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Four Course Plan Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Grading System Ad Hoc Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Honorary Degrees Special Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Instruction Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Josephine Turslow Adams Defense Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Library Policy Special Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Management Evaluation Ad Hoc Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Natural Sciences and Math Division.
Physical Description

1 folder

Objective of Swarthmore College Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Off-Campus Affairs Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Oppose the War in Vietnam Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Peace Corps Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) Ad Hoc Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Prescribed and Extra Work Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Preservation of Valuable Property Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Presidential Search Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Research Ethics Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sexual Harrassment Ad Hoc Committee.
Physical Description

6 folders

Size of the College Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Social Science Division.
Physical Description

1 folder

Special Arrangements Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Biographical / Historical

The first meeting of the Swarthmore College Committee on Staff Procedures (COSP) was held June 9, 1989. Roughly parallel to the Committee on Faculty Procedures, it advised the College President on staff issues, appointed staff to campus-wide committees, and identified issues of concern to staff and referred those concerns to the appropriate administrative area. Early documents clarify that COSP's role was procedural rather than substantive, and that it should be concerned with policy issues, not individual concerns or conflict resolution. Members of COSP were elected by staff.

In 1998, COSP was restructured as the Staff Advisory Council (SAC). SAC differed from COSP in several significant ways. SAC was enlarged, with nine members versus six, elected from nine geographically and departmentally oriented "circles." SAC was newly empowered to elect its own moderator and secretary, and that moderator was responsible for convening meetings and setting the agenda. SAC is still an active committee as of 2015.

Committee on Staff Procedures (COSP) papers, 1989-1990.
Box SAC-1
Physical Description

1 folder

Committee on Staff Procedures (COSP) papers, 1990-1992.
Box SAC-1
Physical Description

1 folder

Committee on Staff Procedures (COSP) papers, 1992-1993.
Box SAC-1
Physical Description

1 folder

Committee on Staff Procedures (COSP) papers, 1993-1994.
Box SAC-1
Physical Description

1 folder

Committee on Staff Procedures (COSP) papers, 1994-1995.
Box SAC-1
Physical Description

1 folder

Committee on Staff Procedures (COSP) papers, 1995-1998.
Box SAC-1
Physical Description

1 folder

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) papers, 1998-1999.
Box SAC-1
Physical Description

1 folder

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) papers, 1999-2000.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) papers, 1999-2000.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) papers, 2001-2002.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) papers, 2002-2003.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) papers, 2003-2004.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) papers, 2004-2005.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) papers, 2004-2005.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) papers, 2006-2007.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Living Wage discussion documents, 2001-2004.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Living Wage discussion documents, 2001-2004.
Box SAC-2
Physical Description

1 folder

Structure of the Deanship Ad Hoc Advisory Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Student Evaluations of Faculty Members Ad Hoc Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Summer Term Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Swarthmore Fellowships Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Tenure Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Travel Allowance Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Women and Minorities Ad Hoc Committee.
Physical Description

1 folder

Women's Coalition.
Physical Description

1 folder

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