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Faculty Committees

 Collection
Identifier: BC06-01

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection includes former faculty standing committees, ad-hoc committtees, task forces, and councils.

This collection consists of minutes, correspondence, and reports from various committees composed of faculty members. These committees discuss the curriculum, finance, and the development of the College.

Dates

  • Creation: 1921 - 2005

Creator

Reproductions Restrictions

Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.

Publication Rights

Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Extent

3.34 Linear Feet (8 document boxes)

Language

English

Abstract

This collection consists of materials from Barnard College Faculty committees.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged by committee. The materials of each committee are arranged chronologically.

Physical Location

This collection is located in the Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library. To use this collection, please contact the Barnard Archives and Special Collections at 212.854.4079 or archives@barnard.edu.

Acquisition Information

Barnard-Columbia Joint Committee on Cooperation transferred from President's Office, 1978.
Draft of Code of Academic Freedom and Tenure and Report of the Committee to Review the Curriculum transferred from Barnard Library, 1978.
Report of the Committee to Review the Curriculum and Report of the Sub-Committee on the Program of Studies: College Preparation and the Barnard Curriculum transferred from Registrar's Office, 1992.


The following materials from 2003-2004 were transferred from Professor Sue Sacks in 2023: Tenure Review Process Committee, Off-Ladder Faculty Committee, Learning Disabilities Committee.

The acquisition date and source of the rest of the material is unknown.

Accruals

Additions are expected.

Related Collections

The President's Office collection, BC05.22, includes many committee materials and supporting documentation.

Processing History

This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Alice Griffin, 2015. From March to April 2024, Olivia Newsome made

During March-April 2024, Olivia Newsome moved the Committee to Meet the Needs of the Disabled (CMND)/Barnard Design for Access (BDA); Committee on Institutional Assessment; Judicial Council to the record group BC19 (committees).

In April 2024, Olivia Newsome moved the following collections to BC06 and created new collections: Advisory Committee on Appointments, Tenure, and Promotions (ATP); BLAIS Advisory Committee; Faculty Budget and Planning Committee (FBPC); Faculty Governance and Procedures Committee (FGPC); Faculty Finance and Resource Committee (FFRC); Committee on Committees; Faculty Executive Committee (FEC).

In April 2024, Olivia Newsome moved the following collections to BCO6.03: Committee on Courses of Study; Curriculum Committee; Curriculum Review Committee; Subcommittee on Advanced Placement and Advanced Standing; Subcommittee on Administrative Problems. Additionally, Olivia Newsome moved BC19.13, BC19.06, BC19.08, BC19.04, BC19.10; Committee on Scholarships; Committee on Foreign Language Requirements; Committee on the Schedule of Hours; Committee on Committee on Advice to New Students and Committee on Students' Programs; Committee on Transfers from its record group BC19 (Committees) to BC06.01 (Faculty Committees) to reflect that it is a faculty committee.

In April 2024, Olivia Newsome moved the Ad-Hoc Summer School Committee from BC06.03 to BC06.01 to reflect that it is ad-hoc faculty committee. Olivia Newsome also moved the Committee on Foreign Language Requirements to BCO6.01 because it is unrelated to COI. Olivia Newsome also moved the Committee on the Developing Student from BC05.02 since it is a faculty committee. Additionally, Olivia Newsome moved the Barnard Council file to BC05.07, Development Office, since it was not a faculty committe and administered by that office.

Descriptive Rules Used: Finding aid adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.

Encoding: Machine readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002.

Finding aid written in English.

  • Scholar and Feminist X Planning Committee minutes.
  • Memos from President's Office to faculty and staff.
  • Report from a 1991 self-study.
  • Memo from CORRE.
  • Faculty meeting minutes and agendas.
  • Memos to Women's Center.
  • Committee to Meet the Needs of the Disabled (CMND)/Barnard Design for Access (BDA) materials
  • Advisory Committee on Appointments, Tenure, and Promotions (ATP); BLAIS Advisory Committee; Faculty Planning Committee; Faculty Governance and Procedures Committee (FGP); Faculty Finance Committee (FFC); Committee on Committees; Faculty Executive Committee (FEC).
  • Committee on Courses of Study; Curriculum Committee; Curriculum Review Committee; Subcommittee on Advanced Placement and Advanced Standing; Subcommittee on Administrative Problems.
  • Barnard Council
Title
Guide to the Faculty Committees Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Alice Griffin and Olivia Newsome
Date
© 2015 and 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository

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