Ohio State University, Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Records 1975-1978

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The Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility was established at Ohio State University around 1975. The committee heard promotion and tenure repeals, studied factors affecting academic freedom, and heard and investigated complaints by faculty of infringement on academic freedom. The Ohio State University, Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Records contain correspondence and other documentation used to review tenure cases, minutes, memos to the University Senate, and proposed policies on student access to materials submitted to meet course requirements and faculty evaluations. The collection dates from 1975 to 1978.

[identification of item], Ohio State University, Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Records, RG 35.C.1, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Records contain correspondence, letter templates, notes, and other documentation used to review tenure cases, including faculty evaluations. The collection also includes minutes, memos to the University Senate, a proposed policy on student access to materials submitted to meet course requirements, a proposed policy on faculty evaluations, and final reports on the repeal of tenure cases. The collection materials date from 1975 to 1978.

Materials are arranged in the order received.

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Accession Number UA.1983.0158: Source unknown, date unknown

Ohio State University Archives Subject File: Faculty Committee on Academic Freedom Responsibility

The Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility was established at Ohio State University around 1975. It consisted of six faculty members from the University Senate and two graduate teaching, research, or administration associates. The committee heard "procedural issues relative to promotion, tenure, and renewal," studied factors affecting academic freedom and made recommendations to the University Senate, and heard and investigated "complaints by individual faculty of alleged infringement on academic freedom." As of 2017, this committee was called a council and still operated in the University Senate.

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Finding aid written by Karen Glenn, 2017 August

Finding aid prepared by Karen Glenn