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Academic Affairs Faculty Governance records

 Collection
Identifier: UA0178

Scope and Contents

The Academic Affairs Faculty Governance Records consist of records of the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1966-2014) as held by the Office of Academic Affairs. Records include those of the Faculty Council, Faculty Executive Committee, Faculty President, and Standing Committees of the Faculty Council. Other records relate to various other committees and councils with faculty involvement. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, annual reports, course and curriculum proposals, consent calendars, drafts of the faculty constitution, speeches, correspondence, and subject files. Minutes do not represent a complete run. See also the Faculty Governance Records (UA0042). The collection is arranged in ten series. See the Scope and Contents note for each series and the Processing Information note for more information. This collection includes 5 computer discs and 1 floppy disc. Records of faculty governance functions as held by the Office of Academic Affairs from 1966 to 2014. This collection includes agendas and minutes of the Faculty Council and Faculty Executive Committee, annual reports, course and curriculum proposals, and other material from various committees.

Dates

  • Creation: 1966 - 2014

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Copyright

Copyright held by UNC Charlotte. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Biographical / Historical

Prior to 1965, the director or president of the college served as chairman of the faculty. When Charlotte College became part of the University of North Carolina (1965), the chancellor of the university also served as chairman and presiding officer at the meetings of the faculty and the newly organized Faculty Executive Committee (FEC). In 1972, a new constitution was adopted, and a separate president of the faculty was elected by faculty members to represent them to the administration. Previously, the secretary of the faculty was often perceived as the spokesman for the group, rather than the chairman, since the secretary was an elected officer. In 1978, further modifications were made to the faculty constitution with the creation of the Faculty Council, which took over most of the functions of the General Faculty. The council membership changes as new administrative positions are created, but it has included the chancellor, members of the FEC, several of the vice chancellors, deans of the colleges, the director of the library, and one faculty member from each department.

Since 2000 many of these records have been kept electronically on the Academic Affairs Faculty Governance website; very little is transferred to the University Archives. As of 2017, minutes dating from 2005 are available on the Faculty Council's website (https://facultygovernance.charlotte.edu/faculty-council/agendas-minutes). This site is preserved and made available via Archive-It, a partner of the Internet Archive. Please see Special Collections and University Archives staff for access.

Extent

45.453 Linear Feet (109 boxes [108 letter document cases, 1 legal document case])

7.112 Megabytes (6 computer discs)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Academic Affairs Faculty Governance Records consist of records of the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1966-2014) as held by the Office of Academic Affairs. Records include those of the Faculty Council, Faculty Executive Committee, Faculty President, and Standing Committees of the Faculty Council. Other records relate to various other committees and councils with faculty involvement. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, annual reports, course and curriculum proposals, consent calendars, drafts of the faculty constitution, speeches, correspondence, and subject files.

Arrangement

Organized into ten series: Series I. Constitution and standing rules. Series II. Faculty president. Series III. Faculty Council. Series IV. Faculty Executive Committee. Series V. Committees of the Faculty Council. Series VI. Other committees and councils. Series VII. Course and curriculum files. Series VIII. Issues. Series IX. University administration. Series X. Faculty retreats.

Related Materials

Previous versions of the Faculty Governance website dating back to 2015 have been archived and are available at: https://wayback.archive-it.org/org-841/*/http://facultygovernance.uncc.edu/. Governance records (UA0042); University Governance committee records (UA0189); Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Subject Files (RG 6); University of North Carolina System records (UA0434); Student Affairs Vice Chancellor records (UA0091) - See Alphabetical Subject Files D-G. J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Title
Academic Affairs Faculty Governance records
Status
Completed
Date
December 2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte [All collections not yet online. For assistance, contact Special Collections: spec-coll@uncc.edu; 704-687-1170] Repository

Contact:
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte NC 28223 United States

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