FACULTY SENATE RECORDS
1953-1997 AND UNDATED

East Tennessee State University
University Archives
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614-0138

E-mail - archives@etsu.edu
Telephone - (423) 439-4338

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INTRODUCTION

Title: FACULTY SENATE RECORDS
Collection Number: Accession No. 32
Physical description: 4 linear feet
Creator: Faculty Senate
Repository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Faculty Senate Records were donated to the University Archives in May 1985 by Frank B. Williams, Jr., a professor in the Department of History at East Tennessee State University. The records were given to Williams by Keith Turkett, former president of the Faculty Senate. Later copies of the minutes have been received regularly by the archives.

Access: The papers are open for research.

Processing Information: Tira Neal and Ned Irwin processed the collection.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Interest in establishing a faculty senate at East Tennessee State goes back to the early 1950s. In order to ascertain the feasibility of organizing a faculty senate, the faculty appointed a committee which represented all departments. This committee, the Faculty Organization Committee, met throughout the academic year 1952-53. In May 1953 the committee produced a constitution which contained a proposal for an executive council. The following September the committee set forth an amended constitution which called for a faculty council. The faculty voted on, but rejected, this constitution.

The faculty did not again give serious consideration to a senate until the summer of 1968. President D. P. Culp agreed to the establishment of the President's Ad Hoc Committee for the Faculty Senate. The committee produced another constitution for a senate. In October of 1969 the faculty voted on this constitution. Again, the constitution was defeated as a majority of the total number of faculty members did not approve of this document.

It was not until the early 1970s when the issue of a faculty senate surfaced again. After an unsuccessful 1972 effort by faculty members to establish a senate, success was finally achieved in the fall of 1974. A November 18, 1974 enabling document brought the senate into existence. Subsequently, elections for representatives were held, and the first meeting of ETSU's Faculty Senate took place on January 27, 1975. A senate committee then drew up a new constitution, which was amended in 1977.

The Faculty Senate provides a forum for the initiation, formulation, discussion, and implementation of academic and related policies which affect the university. The senate makes recommendations to the administration on matters of institutional policies over procedures which concern the faculty.

Senate membership includes three senators from each free-standing college, school or equivalent unit. In addition, one member is chosen for every 25 faculty members in a college, school or equivalent unit. The library has one senator, as does the Nave Paramedical Center.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Faculty Senate Records consists of meeting agendas, minutes of meetings, committee reports, correspondence between senate members and university personnel, subject files, audio cassette recordings of senate meetings, and copies of the organization's bylaws and constitution. The records document the operations of the organization, primarily for the period 1975-97, with some preliminary documents earlier than this period. Information in the records concern tenure and promotion, grievance procedures, curriculum development, budget recommendations, salaries and benefits, and revision of senate bylaws, among other issues.

Organization: The records are arranged into four series as follows: Series I, Administrative Records, 1953-74; Series II, Minutes and Related Records, 1975-97; Series III, Subject Files, 1970-79; and Series IV, Recordings, 1977-93. Box numbering begins again with each series.

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

College librarians--Faculty status
College teachers--Insurance requirements
College teachers--Promotion
College teachers--Tenure
College teachers--Workload
East Tennessee State University. Academic Council
East Tennessee State University--Faculty
East Tennessee State University. Faculty Organization Committee
East Tennessee State University--Faculty--Pensions
East Tennessee State University. Faculty Senate--Constitution
East Tennessee State University. Faculty Senate--Records and correspondence
East Tennessee State University. Faculty Sub-Council
Grievance procedures
Odom, James L.
Nicks, Roy S.
Turkett, A. Keith

SERIES DESCRIPTION

Series I, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, 1953-1969, Box 1.

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, a committee report with a proposed plan and bylaws for establishing a Faculty Senate in 1953 and a proposed Faculty Senate constitution from 1969, later used as a model for the organization. This material documents early attempts at establishing a faculty senate organization at ETSU. Records are arranged chronologically.

Series II, MINUTES AND RELATED RECORDS, 1975-97 and undated, Boxes 1-3.

This series contains agendas, memoranda, reports, and minutes related to Faculty Senate meetings and document the regular operations of the organization. The arrangement is chronological with undate material filed first. Records will be added in an open-ended sequence as those are received

Series III, SUBJECT FILES, 1970-79, Boxes 1-2.

This series consists of memoranda, minutes (Academic Council), reports (primarily from the Faculty Sub-Council and Faculty Senate committees), correspondence, news releases, and miscellaneous university documents collected by the Faculty Senate in the course of business related to various topics such as tenure and promotion, cuurriculum course development, and other educational and professional matters. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically.

Series IV, RECORDINGS, 1977-93, Boxes 1-4.

This series consists of audio cassette recordings of Faculty Senate meetings. Tapes are arranged chronologically.

BOX AND FOLDER LIST

Series I, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, 1953-1969, Box 1.

Box 1

1. Faculty Organization Committee, 1953
2. Faculty Senate Study Documents, 1969-74

Series II, MINUTES AND RELATED RECORDS, 1975-97 and undated, Boxes 1-3.

Box 1

1. Minutes and related records, undated
2. Minutes and related records, January-March 1975
3. Minutes and related records, April-July 1975
4. Minutes and related records, September-December 1975
5. Minutes and related records, January-February 1976
6. Minutes and related records, March-September 1976
7. Minutes and related records, Bound Volume, 1976-77
8. Minutes and related records, 1977
9. Minutes and related records, 1978-79
10. Minutes and related records, 1979-80
11. Minutes and related records, 1980-81
12. Minutes and related records, 1981-82
13. Minutes and related records, 1982-83
14. Minutes and related records, 1983-84
15. Minutes and related records, 1984-85
16. Minutes and related records, 1985-86, Part 1 of 2
17. Minutes and related records, 1985-86, Part 2 of 2

Box 2

1. Minutes and related records, 1986-87
2. Minutes and related records, 1987, Part 1 of 2
3. Minutes and related records, 1987, Part 2 of 2
4. Minutes and related records, 1988
5. Minutes and related records, 1989
6. Minutes and related records, 1990
7. Minutes and related records, 1991
8. Minutes and related records, 1992-94

Box 3

1. Minutes and related records, 1995
2. Minutes and related records, 1996
3. Minutes and related records, 1997
4. Minutes and related records, 1998
5. Minutes and related records, 1999
6. Minutes and related records, 2000

Series III, SUBJECT FILES, 1970-79, Boxes 1-2.

Box 1

1. Academic Council, April-August 1978
2. Academic Council, September 1978-February 1979
3. Academic Council, March-May 1979
4. Business, College of: Request for Master of Accountancy Degree, 1977
5. Faculty Promotion Policies, News Releases and Other Documents, 1977
6. Faculty Sub-Council, 1978-79 (divided by topic)
7. Faculty Sub-Council, March-September 1978
8. Faculty Sub-Council, October-November 1978
9. Faculty Sub-Council, January-March 1979
10. Faculty Sub-Council, April-May 1979

Box 2

1. Faculty Sub-Council, June-July 1979
2. Faculty Sub-Council: Patents and Copyrights, January 1979
3. Faculty Sub-Council: Personnel Records, March 1978
4. Faculty Sub-Council: Retirement Policy, July 1978
5. Miscellaneous Documents, 1970-74
6. Notebook: Agendas-Correspondence Received/Sent, January 1975-June 1976, 1 of 4
7. Notebook: Correspondence-Minutes, January 1975-June 1976, 2 of 4
8. Notebook: Miscellaneous, January 1975-June 1976, 3 of 4
9. Notebook: D. P. Culp-College of Education, January 1975-June 1976, 4 of 4
10. Promotion and tenure, 1975-76

Series IV, RECORDINGS, 1977-93, Boxes 1-4.

Box 1

1. November 7, 1977, 1 of 2
2. November 7, 1977, 2 of 2
3. February 13, 1978, 1 of 2
4. February 13, 1978, 1 of 2
5. September 10, 1990
6. September 17, 1990
7. October 1, 1990
8. October 15, 1990
9. November 5, 1990
10. November 19, 1990
11. December 3, 1990
12. January 14, 1991
13. January 28, 1991
14. February 4, 1991
15. February 18, 1991
16. March 24, 1991
17. March 18, 1991

Box 2

18. April 1, 1991
19. April 15, 1991
20. April 29, 1991
21. May 13, 1991
22. May 20, 1991
23. June 24, 1991
24. August 8, 1991
25. August 26, 1991
26. September 9, 1991
27. September 23, 1991, 1 of 2
28. September 23, 1991, 2 of 2
29. October 7, 1991
30. October 21, 1991, 1 of 2
31. October 21, 1991, 2 of 2
32. November 4, 1991, 1 of 2
33. November 4, 1991, 2 of 2
34. November 18, 1991
35. December 2, 1991

Box 3

36. December 16, 1991
37. January 13, 1992
38. January 27, 1992, 1 of 2
39. January 27, 1992, 2 of 2
40. October 10, 1992
41. November 16, 1992
42. November 30, 1992
43. December 14, 1992
44. January 11, 1993
45. February 1, 1993
46. February 15, 1993
47. March 1, 1993
48. March 25, 1993
49. April 5, 1993
50. April 17, 1993
51. May 3, 1993
52. June 21, 1993

Box 4

53. July 19, 1993