RG 10. Committees, Projects, and Reports

Abstract The Curriculum Committee was responsible for the academic curriculum and programming of the college, with responsibilities for making recommendations regarding curriculum planning, review of programs, policy development, and general supervision of practices, requirements, and services affecting academic affairs. The Curriculum Review Committee (1969-1970) was responsible for a thorough review of the College's curriculum and for making recommendations for curricular changes.  The review...

Abstract Committee of Berea College Deans and College Registrar.  The committee discussed and made decisions and created policy regarding a variety of matters such as student and campus group requests; registration and scheduling; residence hall and campus life; class, labor, chapel and convocation attendance; rules for men and women; permissions to leave campus; student orientation and advising; leaves of absence, readmissions, and probations; extra-curricular activities and campus events, and...

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Committee of Berea College Deans and College Registrar. The committee discussed and made decisions and created policy regarding a variety of academic and campus matters.

Abstract The Ethical Concerns in Investments Committee was charged with creating policy and procedural recommendations relating to ethical investment concerns. The committee was created after 1981 in response to campus concerns and questions of college investments particularly as they relate to apartheid South Africa. The committee was made up of the Board's Investment Committee plus ad hoc members. In October of 1983 the Board of Trustees adopted a policy relating to ethical investment concerns. In...

Abstract Having just been constituted, the first meeting of the Executive Council was held in President Stephenson's office on February 20, 1989. At Berea College the Executive Council is charged to oversee campus governance; to identify what issues need governance attention; to prioritize policy and governance issues; to charge standing Committees and to form and charge ad hoc teams as necessary; to set agendas for College Faculty Assembly and General Faculty Assembly meetings; and to perform other...

Abstract First meeting in 1939, the Faculty Advisory Council (often called Adivsory Council) was established to provide a democratic means of communication on matters of mutual interest to several faculties, the Labor Group, the President, and the Board of Trustees. Membership on the council included the President, academic Deans, three elected members from each of the Faculties (Upper, Lower, and Foundation), and three elected members from the Labor Group. Elisabeth Peck and May B. Smith were the...

Abstract From 1997 to 1999, through a Mentoring Grant bestowed by the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts, the Berea College Faculty Mentoring Program engaged faculty, in two cohorts, with the goals of helping them to: work to build community and collegiality; explore common concerns relating to teaching, student-teacher relationships, and collaborative teaching experiences; engage in conversations about the College's Christian commitment; and explore the ethos of Berea College. The...

Abstract Created in 1980, the General Studies Assessment Committee was tasked with the responsibility of presenting a report to faculty at the end of the Fall Term 1981, with recommendations about the College's General Education Program. Four additional subcommittees/groups were also appointed to address specific topics related to general education: Subcommittee on Goals, Subcommittee on the Freshmen Year, Sucommittee on Science, and the Advisors to the Committee. The General Studies Program...

Abstract The High School-College Cooperative Learning Program started in the fall of 1983 at Berea College with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  The program continued with funding from both the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Berea College Board of Trustees through the spring of 1993.  The program involved outreach to ten public schools in ten cooperating districts and generated a number of programs and activities concentrating on the primary goal of recognizing and nurturing...

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In 1976 Berea College underwent an institutional self-evaluation with regard to sex discrimination as required by regulations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. A committee of twenty-two staff and faculty members were charged with the review. This small collection contains materials and documents created as a result of this review.