University Senate agendas and minutes

This collection includes agendas and meeting minutes from the Ball State Faculty/University Senate dating from 1962 to 2009. Minutes and related materials of the University Senate (formerly Faculty Senate, 1962–1966, formerly Faculty Advisory Council, 1943-1962), including agendas, minutes, correspondence, reports, proposals, proceedings, and resolutions kept by the secretary and chair of the Senate and member committees. Senate actions concern standards for admission, section, and retention of students; revision and implementation of statutes; creation, nominating, staffing, and membership of committees; appointments, promotions, tenures, and dismissals of faculty members; creation, reorganization, merger, and elimination of academic programs and units; programs of faculty welfare such as salaries, insurance, special leave; issues affecting current or projected budget decisions; proposals for programs, degrees and curricula; compliance of intercollegiate athletics; student affairs, academic irregularities, discipline, and examination periods; educational policy; and standards of academic freedom and professional responsibility. Materials are arranged chronologically.