Scope and Content Note

Collection contains records of various campus wide committees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and its predecessor institutions. Most of the records date from 1956 to 1992. The files document staffing, budgeting, technological advancements, social issues, public programming, student concerns, curriculum development, planning and development and the legal issues of the University. Some files contain correspondence, minutes, planning documents, memorandums, annual reports, brochures, publications, surveys and by-laws. The most extensive files exist for Academic Staff Committee, American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, Legislative University Advisory Housing Committee, Nominations and Elections Committee, Student Life and Interests Committee, and Title IX Task Force. Files also exist for a number of committees concerning recruitment and retention of African Americans, women, and other minority staff and students.

The collection does not contain records of the Academic Planning and Curriculum Committee, Physical Environment Committee, the divisional committees, or the Faculty Senate. Files of departmental or division-level committees are included in the records of the administrative unit.

Academia

Records documenting academia can be found in Academic Dean's Council, Academic Policy Committee, Academic Staff Awards Committee, Academic Staff Committee, Academic Staff Policies, Academic Staff Policy, Ad hoc Committee on Academic Computing, Ad hoc Committee on the Use of Academic Titles, Awards and Recognition Committee, Committee on Academic Staff and Limited Appointment Compensation and Classification, Committee to Study the Academic Year, Knapp Professional Committee, Long-Range Academic Planning Committee, Non-teaching Academic Staff Review Committee, Scholarship Committee, and the Status of Academic Women Committee.

Athletics

Records documenting athletics can be found in Athletic Board, Ad hoc committee on Athletics, Committee to Study the Physical Education Requirements, Radio and Television Committee, and the Title IX Task Force.

Budgetary Concerns

Records documenting budgetary concerns can be found in Academic Policy Committee, Academic Staff Awards Committee, Academic Staff Committee, Ad hoc Committee on Tenure and Promotion, Advisory Committee to Legislative Audit Bureau Audit, Athletic Board, Chancellor's Budget Advisory Committee, Committee on Student Costs, Committee to Review the Effects of the Compensation Plan, Computer Policy Committee, Economic Benefits Committee, Financial Aid Committee, New Market Studies in Metropolitan Milwaukee Committee, Student Life and Interests Committee, Task Force on Financing Higher Education, and the University Student Financial Aid Committee.

Curriculum Development

Records documenting curriculum development can be found in Academic Policy Committee, Ad hoc Advisory Committee on Curriculum Library, Ad hoc Committee on Community Education, Ad hoc Committee on General Education, Ad hoc Committee on Inner City Facility, Ad hoc Committee on Library Science, Ad hoc Committee on the Structure of the Evening School, Ad hoc Committee on the Structure and Organization of the Graduate School, Ad hoc Committee on the Structure of the School of Social Welfare, Ad hoc Committee on Undergraduate Applied Science and Engineering Curriculum, Ad hoc Committee to Study International Curriculum, Advisory Committee on Visiting Professors of International Studies, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Committee on Long-Range Planning for Extension and Outreach, Committee on New Programs, Committee on the School of Architecture, Committee to Study the Academic Year, Committee to Study the Physical Education Requirements, Computer Policy Committee, Development Committee, Faculty Study Group on General Education for Teachers, Future of UWM Committee, Law School Committee, Library Committee, Library Science Task Force, Long-range Academic Planning Committee, Science Development Working Committee, Student-Faculty Conference Committee on Educational Affairs, Task Force on Enrollment Trends, Task Force on Medical Education, Title IX Task Force, Urban Planning Steering Committee, UWM Committee for On-Campus Course Development, UWM Committee on Department Science Development, the UWM Medical School Ad hoc Committee on Program and Curriculum, and the Advisors and Counselors Network.

Faculty

Records documenting the faculty can be found in Faculty Appeals & Grievance Committee, Faculty Forum, Faculty Lounge Committee, Faculty Merits Appeals Committee, Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee, Faculty Study Group on General Education for Teachers, System Task Force on Guidelines for the Faculty Sabbatical Program, Task Force on Faculty Governance, and the Task Force on Faculty Work Load.

Legal Issues

Records documenting legal issues can be found in Academic Policy Committee, Academic Staff Committee, Ad hoc Advisory Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, Ad hoc Committee on Affirmative Action in Faculty Employment, Ad hoc Committee on Grievance Procedures, Advisory Committee Legislative Audit Bureau Audit, Codification Committee, Legislative University Advisory Housing Committee, Merger Guidelines Committee, Special Task Force on Grievance Procedures on Title IX, Status of Academic Women Committee, Student Conduct Committee, Student Life and Interests Committee, Task Force on Collective Bargaining, Task Force on Faculty Governance, Task Force to Propose Legislation Creating a System for Academic Appeals, and the Title IX Task Force.

Planning and Development

Records documenting planning and development can be found in Academic Policy Committee, Ad hoc Committee on Planning Process, Ad hoc Committee on the Future of the Arts, Ad hoc Committee on the Structure of the Evening School, Ad hoc Committee on the Structure and Organization of the Graduate School, Ad hoc Committee on the Structure of the School of Social Welfare, Allied Health Building Project Planning Committee, American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, Athletic Board, Building and Space Utilization Committee, Committee on Long-Range Planning for Extension and Outreach, Committee on New Programs, Future of UWM Committee, Hartford Avenue Street Task Force, Legislative University Advisory Housing Committee, Library Committee, Long-Range Academic Planning Committee, New Market Studies in Metropolitan Milwaukee, Task Force on Manpower Projections, UWM Area Parking and Transit Task Force, and the Title IX Task Force.

Public Relations and Publicity

Records documenting public relations and publicity can be found in Advertising Committee, American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, Awards and Recognition Committee, Committee on College-Community Relations, Committee on Long-Range Planning for Extension and Outreach, Hartford Avenue Street Task Force, High School Visitation Committee, Honorary Degrees Committee, International Task Force, Lectures Committee, Legislative University Advisory Housing Committee, Milwaukee Area Committee for Aid to Higher Education, New Market Studies in Metropolitan Milwaukee Committee, Public Functions Committee, Public Relations Committee, Radio and Television Committee, Seventy-fifth Anniversary Committee, Task Force on Employee Assistance Program, Task Force on Enrollment Targeting, Task Force on Student Attraction and Retention, Task Force on UWM Urban Extension, Title IX Task Force, and the University Relations Committee.

Research

Records documenting research can be found in American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, Non-teaching Academic Staff Review Committee, Research Policy Committee, System Task Force on Guidelines for the Faculty Sabbatical Program, Task Force on Instructional and Research Computing, and the Title IX Task Force.

Social Issues

Records documenting social issues can be found in Academic Policy Committee, Ad hoc Advisory Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, Ad hoc Committee on Affirmative Action in Faculty Employment, Ad hoc Committee on Alcohol on Campus, Ad hoc Committee on Minority Problems, Advisory Committee for Disabled Students, Advisory Committee for Handicapped Students, Afro-American Culture, American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, Committee on Mental Retardation, Contagious Diseases Advisory Committee, Environmental Committee, Group on Democratic Pluralism, Human Rights Committee, Minority and Disadvantaged Students Planning Task Force, Minority Group Problems Task Force Committee, Selective Service Committee, Self-Evaluation Task Force on Handicapped, Status of Academic Women Committee, Student Life and Interests Committee, Task Force on Day Care, Title IX Task Force, University Committee on Problems of War and Peace, and the UWM UWEX Integration Committee.

Students and Student Life

Records documenting students and student life and concerns can be found in Academic Policy Committee, Ad hoc committee on Student Scholarship, Ad hoc committee on Freshman Performance, Ad hoc Committee on General Education, Ad hoc Committee on Student Health, Ad hoc Committee to Study Student Life and Interests Committee, Advisory Committee for Disabled Students, Advisory Committee for Handicapped Students, Athletic Board, Committee to Study the Impact of Enrollment on the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Committee on Student Costs, High School Visitation Committee, Legislative University Advisory Housing Committee, Minority and Disadvantaged Students Planning Task Force, Self-Evaluation Task Force on Handicapped, Special Student-Faculty Recreation Committee, Student Conduct Committee, Student Employment Advisory Committee, Student Employment Task Force, Student-Faculty Conference Committee on Educational Affairs, Student Life and Interests Committee, Task Force on Student Attraction and Retention, Title IX Task Force, and the University Student Financial Aid Committee.

Technology

Records documenting technology concerns can be found in Ad hoc Committee on Data Recording Card System, Ad hoc Committee to Study Telephone Use and Future Requirements, Committee on Administrative Data Processing, Committee on Computing Laboratory, Computer Center Advisory Committee, Computer Policy Advisory Committee, Computer Policy Committee, Computing Task Force, Computing Services Committee, Computer Technical Advisory Committee, Divisional Computer Advisory Committee, Instructional Media Laboratory Advisory Committee, Management Information Systems Task Force, Task Force on Instructional and Research Computing, Telecommunications Task Force, and the Title IX Task Force.