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RG
160
Oregon
State University. Office of the Dean of Faculty.
Dean of Faculty
Records
1962-1988
1963-1968
0.75 cubic feet
3 boxes
2 microfilm
reels
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.
Materials
inEnglish.
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.
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.
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.
The legal case file and folder 4 in Series II of the microfilm records
are restricted. Access subject to review by Reference Archivist.
Dean of Faculty Records (RG 160),Oregon State University Archives,
Corvallis, Oregon.
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.
Dost,
Jeanne
Nicodemus, David Bowman
Volkart,
Edmund Howell, 1919-
Oregon State University. Office of the Dean of Faculty
Oregon
State University--Administration.
Oregon
State University--Faculty.
Universities and
colleges--Faculty--Rating of.
Universities and
colleges--Oregon--Corvallis--Administration.
Community
colleges--Oregon.
Oregon
Colleges and Universities
Women
Series I
Correspondence
1963-1981
1
American Association of
University Professors
1965-1967
1
Behavioral Science Research
Center
1963-1966
1
Faculty Records
Policy
1971-1980
1
Geography Department
Administration
1963-1964
1
Institutional Guidelines for
OSU
1963-1964
1
Merit (Mosser)
Awards
1965-1967
1
OSU Faculty and
Student-Faculty Conferences
1967-1970
1
Program Reductions and Budget
Cuts
1980-1981
1
Science Research
Institute
1966
2
Self-Learning
Center
1963-1965
2
Statistical Formulation of
Intra-University Staff Levels
1963-1967
with accompanying data
2
Transfer of Courses to
Linn-Benton Community College
1967-1969
2
Western Regional Collegiate
Programs
1967-1968
2
Workshop on Cooperation of
Community and Senior Colleges in Oregon
1963-1967
Series II
Committees
1962-1972
2
Ad Hoc Committee on Higher
Education for Mature Women at OSU
1966-1967
2
Committee To Coordinate
Distribution and Review of Statements on Student Rights
1968-1969
2
Committee on Cultural
Affairs
1966-1967
2
Committees on Workshops and
Short Courses
1966-1967
2
New Student Programs
Committee
1968-1972
2
University Guidelines
Committee
1962-1964
Series III
Reports
1967-1971
2
Continuing Education in the
Oregon State System of Higher Education
1968
Abridged final and draft report of the Faculty Committee on
Extension and Public Services-Oregon State System of Higher Education
2
Studies Relating to Course
Level Taught vs. Academic Rank and Highest Degree Attained
1967, 1971
two reports
Series IV
Legal Case File
1971-1988
3
Jeanne Dost vs.
OSU
1971-1988
Access to these files restricted until the year 2063 or the
death of Jeanne Dost.
Microfilmed Records
Series I
Awards
1965-1966
1
1-2
Award Evaluation
Criteria
1965-1966
1
3
Award
Recipients
1965
1
4
Report: Student Reaction
to Teaching, Lewis B. Mayhew
1965
1
5
Correspondence:
General
1965-1966
1
6
Award Distribution
Guidelines
1965
1
7
Inter-institutional
Committee on Merit Awards
1965-1966
1
8
Correspondence: Miles
Romney
1965-1966
1
9
Report: The Mosser Plan
for Rewarding Teaching Excellence, Joseph Murdoch
1965
Series II
General Files
1962-1969
2
1
Admissions and
Enrollment
1963
2
2
School of
Agriculture
1963-1964
2
3
Dean of
Administration
1963-1964
2
4
President
Jensen
1963-1964
Confidential student information.
2
5
Romney, Miles - Oregon
State System of Higher Education
1963-1964
2
6
Curriculum Development
and Improvement
1964
2
7
Higher
Education
1964
General Issues
2
8
Economic Opportunity Act
(Work Study Program)
1964-1965
2
9
Women's Job Corps Center
(Portland)
1964-1965
2
10
Summer Session
Office
1963-1965
2
11
Summer Session Recreation
Internship Program
1965
2
12
Committee on the Visiting
Scientists Program for Sociology
1962-1965
2
13
Pacific Sociological
Association
1964
2
14
Registration and
Scheduling Committee
1964-1965
2
15
Liberal Arts
Committee
1964-1965
2
16
Council on Curriculum and
Academic Policy
1964
2
17
Educator's Day Tour to
Fort Lewis
1963
2
18
Youth Conference
Committee Minutes
1963
2
19
Prospective Teacher
Fellowship Program
1965
2
20
Institute on Science and
Moral Values Program
1963-1964
2
21
Genetics
Board
1963-1966
2
22
Instructional Research
and Materials Center (IRAM)
1963-1966
2
23
Classroom Television
Program
1964-1966
2
24
Peace Corps
Program
1963-1966
2
25
Academic Deficiencies
Committee
1963-1966
2
26
By-Laws
Committee
1964-1965
2
27
Pesticide-Related
Research and Committee Activities
1963-1965
2
28
Classroom Television
Committee
1963-1968
2
29
Council of
Deans
1964-1967
2
30
Radiation Center Safety
Committee
1966-1967
2
31
University Honors Program
Committee
1964-1969
2
32
Faculty Welfare
Committee
1963-1968
2
33
Long-Range Development
Plan
1963-1965
2
34
Dean of
Students
1963-1964
2
35
Graduate Council
Minutes
1963-1965
2
36
Placement
Committee
1965
2
37
Condon Lecture
Series
1963-1965
2
38
Instructional Use of
Electronic Media (TV, radio)
1963-1964
2
39
Esso Foundation Grant
Proposal
1964
2
40
Foundations:
General
1963-1965
2
41
Hill Family
Foundation/South Santiam Educational and Research Project
1964-1965
2
42
School of
Education
1965
2
43
Industrial Arts
Department/Advisory Committee
1963-1965
2
44
School of Business and
Technology
1963-1965
2
45
School of Home
Economics
1963-1965
2
46
School of
Engineering
1963-1965
2
47
School of Humanities and
Social Sciences
1964-1965
2
48
School of
Science
1964-1965
2
49
Cheldelin, V.
H.
1963-1965