Scope and Contents The Academic Council was a group of faculty who approved all changes to the academic program of Valdosta State College.  This group predates the Faculty Senate and ended with its founding and assuming of those duties. The collection includes minutes and "actions" of the Academic Council from 1978-1991.  The "actions" are forms submitted to the committee, often with correspondence, requesting changes to the curriculum.  Actions also include announcements of changes made by the committee,...

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Contained in this collection are files regarding Faculty Affairs. Mostly they concern the creation of committees as well as the assignment of personnell to committee positions. They cover dates  1968-1990.

Scope and Contents The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) represents the interests of university professors to lawmakers, college administrators and the public.  They lobby for legislation and funding issues that affect higher education, such as tenure, equitable funding, and collective bargaining.  On campus, AAUP represents the faculty to the administration, often addressing issues of retention of faculty, fairness, course load, evaluation, tenure and faculty representation. The collection...

Scope and Contents Dennis Marks was a professor and head of the Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences department. He served from 1971-2001. This collection contains papers dealing with several associations and committees. It contains materials from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) from 1970-1990 including meeting minutes, agendas, conference materials, and correspondence. Georgia Academy of Science (GAS) 1986-1991 Meeting Minutes. Academic Council Records and Policies from 1972-1997....

Scope and Contents Elizabeth Derrick was a Professor of Chemistry at Valdosta State University. She was also a member of several important committees and donated records from 1987-2002 including meeting minutes, conferences, by-laws, and correspondence for the following: American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Assembley of State Conferences (ASC AAUP's State Conference Organization), Grievance Committee, Faculty Senate. Also included are papers concerning the self-study of the Chemistry...

Scope and Contents The Valdosta State University Faculty Senate serves as the mechanism for shared governance at the University and is the body to which the statutory, standing, and special committees of the Senate report.The Faculty Senate functions as the representative, deliberative, advisory, and legislative body of the General Faculty. This collection contains records and items relating to the Faculty Senate dating from the late 1970s to present day. The Faculty Senate was founded in 1991, and records...

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Meeting minutes of the Faculty of South Georgia State Normal College (1916-1922), Georgia State Womans College (1922-1950) and Valdosta State College (1950-1986). These meetings were held monthly.