Faculty Advisory Council records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RG-04-05-05

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence, administrative records, reports, newsletters, meeting minutes, and salary records from the Ball State Teachers College faculty advisory council from the years 1945-1964.

Dates

Creation: 1949-1964

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History

In 1943, acting president W.E. Wagoner organized a Faculty Advisory Council consisting of six (later nine) professors to advise the president of matters of institutional policy. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, a number of faculty members pushed for the creation of a faculty senate to replace the Faculty Advisory Council. With support from President Emens, a new Constitution for Faculty Government of Ball State Teachers College was created during the 1961-62 academic year and approved by the faculty and State Teachers College Board in June 1962. A year after university status was conferred on Ball State, a new senate constitution officially changed the name of the body from faculty senate to university senate.