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.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I:  Correspondence, 1963-1981Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
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
with accompanying data
1963-1967
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, 1962-1972Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
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, 1967-1971Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2
Continuing Education in the Oregon State System of Higher Education
Abridged final and draft report of the Faculty Committee on Extension and Public Services-Oregon State System of Higher Education
1968
2
Studies Relating to Course Level Taught vs. Academic Rank and Highest Degree Attained
two reports
1967, 1971

Series IV:  Legal Case File, 1971-1988Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
3
Jeanne Dost vs. OSU
Access to these files restricted until the year 2063 or the death of Jeanne Dost.
1971-1988

Microfilmed RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Series I: Awards
 1965-1966
Reel Folder
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
Reel Folder
2 1
Admissions and Enrollment
 1963
2 2
School of Agriculture
 1963-1964
2 3
Dean of Administration
 1963-1964
2 4
President Jensen
Confidential student information.
1963-1964
2 5
Romney, Miles - Oregon State System of Higher Education
 1963-1964
2 6
Curriculum Development and Improvement
 1964
2 7
Higher Education
General Issues
1964
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

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

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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