COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FACULTY RESPONSIBILITY RECORDS

1977-1982

 

East Tennessee State University

University Archives

Box 70295

Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

 

E-mail: archives@etsu.edu

Telephone: (423) 439-4338

 

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INTRODUCTION

 

Title: Committee on Academic Freedom and Faculty Responsibility, 1976-1982

Collection Number: Accession No. 401

Physical Description: .5 linear feet

Creator: Committee on Academic Freedom and Faculty Responsibility

Repository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

 

Provenance: Dr. Emmett Essin, Division of Developmental Studies, gave the Committee on Academic Freedom and Faculty Responsibility Records to the University Archives on April 13, 1992.

 

Access: The papers are open for research.

 

Processing Information: Tira Neal and Ned Irwin completed processing the collection in February 1998

 

HISTORICAL NOTE

 

The Committee on Academic Freedom and Faculty Responsibility was established as a standing university committee by ETSU President Arther H. DeRosier, Jr., in 1977 with the charge indicated in its title.  Composed of faculty members selected from across campus, the committee has met infrequently over the years, generally when an action occurs requiring its consideration such as the promotion case of Bernard J. Kerr with which the present records are concerned.

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

 

The Committee on Academic Freedom and Faculty Responsibility Records contains materials related to Bernard J. Kerr's hearing regarding his promotion to assistant professor and memoranda, reports, minutes, student evaluations, research articles and miscellaneous records documenting the administrative activities of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Faculty Responsibility.

 

Organization: The collection is organized in one series

 

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

 

BOX AND FOLDER LIST

 

Box 1