UW-Milwaukee Graduate Faculty Council Records, 1947-2015
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Summary Information
Title: UW-Milwaukee Graduate Faculty Council Records
Inclusive Dates: 1947-2015

Creator:
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Graduate Faculty Council
Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 83

Quantity:
  • 10 cubic ft. (12 boxes)
  • 2,382 digital files (716 MB)

Repository:
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:
The collection contains numbered documents, correspondence, and minutes of the Graduate Faculty Council largely documenting program reviews, reports, recommendations, changes, and proposals for new graduate programs. Pre-1956 Graduate Council materials concern graduate work at the Milwaukee State Teachers College and at the Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee (UWM predecessor institutions). Also included in the collection are minutes of Graduate Faculty Council subcommittees, including the Program Committee, the Committee on Reviews, and the Ad Hoc Committee for Distinguished Title Prefix.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmac0083
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Biography/History

The Graduate Faculty Council represents the Graduate Faculty. It maintains a continuing review of existing graduate programs and periodically requests the Graduate Dean's Committee to undertake specific studies and make recommendations to the council concerning continuance, modification, or discontinuance of existing programs and other matters of concern to the council.

Departments or other academic units may appeal to the Graduate Dean's Committee, which is responsible for implementation of policies and administrative coordination and supervision of the graduate programs, from administrative actions of the Graduate School office affecting the conduct of graduate programs, subject to final appeal to the Graduate Faculty Council by any aggrieved party. The chair of the Graduate Faculty Council appoints an ad hoc appeals committee to investigate and review appeals from the Graduate Dean's Committee and make recommendations to the Graduate Faculty Council.

Arrangement of the Materials

The records are arranged into the following series:

  1. Committee Minutes, 1947-2015
  2. Graduate Faculty Document Records, 1968-2015
    1. Documents, 1968-2015
    2. Document Transmittal Forms, 1980-2014
  3. Subcommittees, 1972-2015
  4. Subject Files, 1972-1992

Arrangement within series is described at the series level.

Other Finding Aids

Lists of the individual GFC documents, including the full titles of each, are available in the case file in the Archives. Additionally, a list of individual electronic documents, including information about file formats, document authors, and other metadata, is also available.

Preferred Citation

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

Related Material in the UWM Libraries

See also collections from individual UWM colleges or schools that submitted graduate program proposals.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Access Restrictions

The files of the Ad Hoc Committee on Distinguished Title Prefix (in box 8) contain personally identifiable personnel information and are thus restricted under UWM Personnel File Policy S-42. Access is regulated by Section III.A.2 and III.A.3.

There are no access restrictions on the remainder of the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.


Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).


Acquisition Information

An unknown individual transferred the collection to the Archives prior to 1989. For a large part, the collection appears to have been compiled by Archives staff who received the materials from various campus offices. The Graduate School transferred accession 1997-016 in 1997. The Graduate School donated additional materials in October 2013 (accession 2013-019), August 2014 (accession 2014-011), and in April 2015 (2014-042).


Processing Information

Christel Maass processed the collection at the Archives in November-December 1995. Jessica Sawinski processed additional material in December 2006. Rachel Arndt partially processed accession 1997-016 in December 2007 (Brad Houston supervised). Brad Houston finished processing accession 1997-016 in July 2008. Charles Welborn processed additional material in July 2012. Ashlie Biddle (supervised by Brad Houston) integrated accessions 2013-019, 2014-011, and 2014-042 into the collection in October 2015. Christel Maass added some additional minutes from a Library Director accession (2006-070).


Contents List
UWM Archival Collection 83
Records, 1947-2015
Physical Description: 10 cubic ft. (12 boxes); 2,382 digital files (716 MB) 
Series: 1. Committee Minutes, 1947-2015
Arrangement of the Materials: Records in this series are arranged chronologically.
Electronic Folder  
  \1. Committee Minutes, 1964-2015\
Electronic Records, 1964-2015
Physical Description: 389 digital files (201 MB) 
Paper Records
Box   5
Folder   1
1947-1965
Box   5
Folder   2-6
1970-1992
Box   12
Folder   1
1997
Box   12
Folder   2-4
1999-2002
Box   11
Folder   20
2014-2015
Series: 2. Graduate Faculty Document Records, 1968-2015
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Subseries: 2a. Documents, 1968-2015
Scope and Content Note: Official documents created by or submitted the Graduate Faculty Council for consideration during their meetings. Most of these documents either enumerate official Graduate School Policy, propose the creation of or a change in a graduate program at UWM, or make recommendations from the various subcommittees to be acted upon by the GFC or the Provost. Also included in the series are annual reports of the main committee and subcommittees and official summary reports of Graduate Program Reviews (supplementary materials and full reports are typically found in the collection of the school or department under review).
Arrangement of the Materials: This series is arranged numerically by the Graduate Faculty Council document number, which corresponds roughly to chronological order. The original collection was missing a number of documents in the series; many of these were transferred in the 2014-2015 accessions and can be found in the listed folders in Box 11. Boxes 9 through 11 also contain follow-up reports on some Graduate Faculty Council documents (labeled with an A at the end of the number).
Electronic Folder  
  \2. Documents, 1970-2015\
  2a. Documents, 1970-2015\
Electronic Records, 1970-2015
Physical Description: 1,566 digital files (329 MB) 
Paper Records
Box   1
Folder   1
No. 2-5, 1968-1970
Box   11
Folder   21
No. 6, 1970
Box   1
Folder   1
No. 7, 1970
Box   11
Folder   21
No. 8, 1970
Box   11
Folder   21
No. 11, 1971
Box   1
Folder   1-3
No. 15-43, 1969-1972
Box   11
Folder   22
No. 44, 1972
Box   1
Folder   3-17
No. 45-108, 1972-1974
Box   2
Folder   1-6
No. 109-161, 1974-1976
Box   11
Folder   22
No. 162, 1976
Box   2
Folder   6-15
No. 163-216, 1976-1978
Box   11
Folder   22
No. 217, 1995
Box   2
Folder   15
No. 218-219, 1978
Box   3
Folder   1-4
No. 220-240, 1978-1979
Box   11
Folder   22
No. 241, 1979
Box   3
Folder   4-15
No. 242-323, 1979-1981
Box   11
Folder   23
No. 324, 1981
Box   3
Folder   15-17
No. 325-356, 1981-1982
Box   11
Folder   23
No. 357, 1982
Box   3
Folder   17
No. 358-362, 1982
Box   4
Folder   1
No. 363-364, 1982
Box   11
Folder   23
No. 365, 1982
Box   4
Folder   1-2
No. 366-386, 1982-1983
Box   11
Folder   23
No. 387-388, 1983
Box   4
Folder   2
No. 389-393, 1983-1984
Box   11
Folder   23
No. 394, 1984
Box   4
Folder   3
No. 395-399, 1984
Box   11
Folder   23
No. 400, 1984
Box   4
Folder   3
No. 401-402, 1984
Box   11
Folder   24
No. 403, 1984
Box   4
Folder   4-5
No. 404-412, 1984
Box   11
Folder   24
No. 413, 1984
Box   4
Folder   5-6
No. 414-415, 1984-1985
Box   11
Folder   24
No. 416-428, 1984-1985
Box   4
Folder   7
No. 429, 1983
Box   11
Folder   24
No. 430, 1985
Box   4
Folder   7
No. 431, 1983
Box   11
Folder   24-25
No. 432-438, 1985
Box   4
Folder   8
No. 439-441, 1985
Box   11
Folder   25
No. 442-444, 1985
Box   4
Folder   8
No. 445-450, 1986
Box   11
Folder   25
No. 451-452, 1986
Box   4
Folder   8
No. 453, 1986
Box   11
Folder   25
No. 454-455, 1986
Box   4
Folder   9
No. 456, 1986
Box   11
Folder   26
No. 457, 1986
Box   4
Folder   9
No. 458-459, 1986
Box   11
Folder   26
No. 460-463, 1986
Box   4
Folder   10-11
No. 464-468, 1986
Box   11
Folder   26
No. 469-470, 1986
Box   4
Folder   11
No. 471-472, 1986
Box   11
Folder   26-27
No. 473-478, 1986-1987
Box   4
Folder   11
No. 479-480, 1987
Box   11
Folder   27
No. 481, 1987
Box   4
Folder   11-13
No. 482-491, 1987
Box   11
Folder   28
No. 492, 1987
Box   4
Folder   14-17
No. 493-529, 1987-1988
Box   11
Folder   28
No. 530, 1989
Box   4
Folder   17-18
No. 531-550, 1989
Box   11
Folder   28
No. 551-553, 1990
Box   4
Folder   18
No. 554-566, 1990
Box   11
Folder   28-31
No. 567-597, 1990-1991
Box   4
Folder   19
No. 598-608, 1991-1992
Box   11
Folder   31
No. 609, 1992
Box   4
Folder   19
No. 610-615, 1992
Box   9
Folder   2-60
No.616-934, 1992-2003
Box   10
Folder   1-62
No. 935-1239, 2002-2008
Box   11
Folder   1-19
No. 1240-1356, 2012-2015
Subseries: 2b. Document Transmittal Forms, 1980-2014
Scope and Content Note

Letters to and from the Provost, Dean of the Graduate School, and UW System Vice President for Academic Affairs concerning particular GFC documents, primarily those having to do with the creation or modification of an academic program. Transmittal forms originating from the Graduate School typically consist of a notification that a program change has been approved by GFC and a request for approval by either the Provost or UW System, and may or may not include a brief summary of the document. The approving authority typically sends back comments or changes, or otherwise indicates that the document is approved or not approved and why.

From 2000 onwards, Transmittal Forms may consist solely of a print out of a confirmation screen from the Department of Enrollment Services' Online Program Change Form. This form may include change justification and summaries of additional resources required.

Arrangement of the Materials: This subseries is arranged numerically by document number, which roughly corresponds to chronological order. Individual PDFs in the electronic file are coded according to their office of origin. Files beginning with codes in the form of "123T" typically come from the Graduate School to the Provost or the UW System Vice President of Academic Affairs. Files with codes in the form of "123PT" typically come from the Provost/Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. The codes "123APT" or "123AT" originate from an assistant dean or associate vice chancellor.
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Box   11
Folder   32
No. 280-318, 1980-1981
Box   11
Folder   33
No. 319-347, 1981-1982
Box   11
Folder   34
No. 353-388, 1982-1983
Box   11
Folder   35
No. 389-407, 1984
Box   11
Folder   36
No. 408-443, 1984-1985
Box   11
Folder   37
No. 444-502, 1985-1988
Box   11
Folder   38
No. 503-525, 1988-1992
Box   11
Folder   39
No. 526-567, 1989-1990
Box   11
Folder   40
No. 571-577, 1990-1995
Box   11
Folder   41
No. 580-600, 1991
Box   11
Folder   42
No. 601-1049, 1992-2009
Box   11
Folder   43
No. 1069-1301, 2007-2014
Series: 3. Sub-Committees, 1968-2015
Arrangement of the Materials: Records in this series are organized alphabetically by name of committee, then chronologically.
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Box   8
Folder   1-2
Ad Hoc Committee for Distinguished Title Prefix, 1992
Access Restrictions: Restricted
Electronic Folder  
  \3. Subcommittees, 1968-2015\
  Ad Hoc Computer Science Committee, 1973-1974\
Ad Hoc Computer Science Committiee, 1973-1974
Physical Description: 12 digital files (6.16 MB) 
Electronic Folder  
  \3. Subcommittees, 1968-2015\
  Administrative Committee, 1968-1969\
Administrative Committiee, 1968-1969
Physical Description: 3 digital files (2.62 MB) 
Committee on Reviews
Electronic Folder  
  \3. Subcommittees, 1968-2015\
  Committee on Reviews Minutes, 1978-2014\
Electronic Records, 1978-2014
Physical Description: 144 digital files (67.4 MB) 
Paper Records
Box   6
Folder   1-13
1977-1994
Box   11
Folder   44-49
1978-1999
Box   11
Folder   50-52
Curriculum Committee, 1995-1998
Doctoral Studies Advisory Committee
Electronic Folder  
  \3. Subcommittees, 1968-2015\
  Doctoral Studies Advisory Committee Minutes, 1995-2008\
Electronic Records, 1995-2008
Physical Description: 18 digital files (730 KB) 
Box   11
Folder   53-57
Paper records, 1993-2008
Box   11
Folder   58-62
Graduate Course Committee, 1991-1995
Electronic Folder  
  \3. Subcommittees, 1968-2015\
  Graduate Course and Curriculum Subcommittee, 1972-2015\
Graduate Course and Curriculum Subcommittee, 1972-2015
Physical Description: 235 digital files (99.0 MB) 
Electronic Folder  
  \3. Subcommittees, 1968-2015\
  Graduate Program Reviews Subcommittee, 2014-2015\
Graduate Program Reviews Subcommittee, 2014-2015
Physical Description: 10 digital files (1.24 MB) 
Electronic Folder  
  \3. Subcommittees, 1968-2015\
  Programs, Courses and Curricula Committee, undated\
Programs, Courses and Curricula Committee, undated
Physical Description: 1 digital file (254 KB) 
Program Committee
Box   12
Folder   5
1972-1980
Box   7
Folder   11-13
1972-1974, 1979-1981
Box   11
Folder   63
2014-2015
Electronic Folder  
  \3. Subcommittees, 1968-2015\
  Research Committee, 1971-1976\
Research Committee, 1971-1976
Physical Description: 3 digital files (7.55 MB) 
Box   11
Folder   64-65
Steering Committee, 1995-1997
Series: 4. Subject Files, 1972-1992
Arrangement of the Materials: Records in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject.
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Correspondence
Box   6
Folder   14-23
1972-1992
Box   7
Folder   1-7
1988-1992
Box   7
Folder   8
Memos, 1981-1985
Box   7
Folder   9-10
Memos of Approval, 1975-1981