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Dean of Faculty Records, 1962-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon State University. Office of the Dean of Faculty.
Title
Dean of Faculty Records
Dates
1962-1988 (inclusive)
1963-1968 (bulk)
Quantity
0.75 cubic feet, (3 boxes)
2 microfilm reels
Collection Number
RG 160
Summary
The Dean of Faculty Records document the activities of the Dean of Faculty regarding faculty appointments and promotions including tenure and salaries. The Dean of Faculty was established in 1964 to serve as the principal academic officer of Oregon State Univeristy reporting to the President. David Nicodemus was Dean of Faculty from 1966 until 1986, when the Office of the Provost was etablished.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions

The legal case file and folder 4 in Series II of the microfilm records are restricted. Access subject to review by Reference Archivist.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The office of the Dean of Faculty was established in 1964 to serve as the principal academic officer of the university reporting to the President. Advising the President on all recommendations from the Deans and Directors for faculty appointments, faculty promotions, and tenure and salaries, the Dean of Faculty also served as the President's representative in the Faculty Senate. In 1985, an administrative reorganization shifted the functions managed by the Office of the Dean of Faculty to the newly created Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. The vice president is the university's chief academic officer and oversees special instructional programs, faculty personnel policies, and other academic support programs. There have been two people in the position of Dean of Faculty, Edmund H. Volkart (1964-1966) and David Nicodemus (1966-1986).

Named for State Representative John Mosser, the Mosser Plan for Undergraduate Teaching Awards was established in 1965 by the Oregon Legislature to recognize excellence among instructors of undergraduates. Under the plan, recipients determined by student ballot received cash payments of $1000 each with 47 of the awards granted to OSU faculty in 1965/66. The Dean of Faculty was responsible for the administration of the award and reporting on its operation to the State Board of Higher Education. Under fire from faculty for the possible subjectivity of the student voting, the OSU Faculty Senate decided not to recognize the plan and the subsequently refused to accept grant funding for it. The Legislature stopped funding the plan the next year.

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Content Description

These records were generated by the Office of the Dean of Faculty and document the administrative functioning of the office.

The correspondence primarily documents interaction between the Dean and other OSU offices and pertains to the organization of conferences, OSU research centers and institutes, and cooperation between OSU and regional community colleges. The committee records consist of correspondence and reports generated by university committees and address the topics of higher education for older women, new student programs, and the distribution and review of statements on student rights. Series III consists of reports pertaining to continuing education in Oregon and faculty instruction at OSU. The legal case file pertains to Economics Department faculty member Jeanne Dost and her complaint and legal action against the university.

There are two series in the microfilmed records: I. Awards and II. General Files. Series I pertains to the Mosser Plan for Awarding Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and includes correspondence, articles and newspaper clippings, publications, and reports. In addition to a list of the recipients of the Mosser Award, there are records relating to the development of the award as well as the controversy involved in its implementation.

The General Files, series II, include correspondence, grant proposals, meeting minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and reports. Among the topics addressed in these records include the development of new academic programs and curricula, instructional use of television in the classroom, pesticide research, student employment, and the Peace Corps program.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Due to differences in the series designations between the paper and microfilm records in this group, the microfilm reels are described separately in the scope and content note and in the inventory. The paper records are organized into four series: I. Correspondence; II. Committee Records; III. Reports; and IV. Legal Case File. Microfilmed records consist of two series: I. Awards and II. General Files.

Related Materials

In addition to the records of the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (RG 22), the Archives has other documentation relating to the Office of the Dean of Faculty in the record groups for the President's Office (RG 13), the College of Forestry (RG 139), the College of Engineering (RG 62), the Library (RG 9), the Physics Department (RG 37), and the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department (RG 178). The Archives also has the papers of former Dean of Faculty David Nicodemus.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Community colleges--Oregon.
  • Universities and colleges--Faculty--Rating of.
  • Universities and colleges--Oregon--Corvallis--Administration.

Personal Names

  • Dost, Jeanne

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State University--Administration.
  • Oregon State University--Faculty.
  • Oregon State University. Office of the Dean of Faculty

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Nicodemus, David Bowman
    • Volkart, Edmund Howell, 1919-

Finding aid prepared by Karl McCreary.
2002

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