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Record Group: 4 UW Record Sub-Group: 95 Records Title: UM-System; President's Office; Vice President for Academic Affairs; New Degree Program and Task Force Records Dates: 1972-1979 Volume: 2 cubic feet, 2.5 linear feet Scope and Content Note (A80-59) This Sub-Group contains correspondence, reports, and other materials created by Mel George and others from the UM-System Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs. The records pertain to the successful introduction of new degree programs into the UM system between the years of 1972-1977. Also included in the Sub-Group are reports and related materials from a number of task forces and committees. Series Descriptions: This Record Sub-Group is divided into two record series. Series One contains information about new degree programs in the UM system in files arranged chronologically by campus. Series Two contains information and correspondence of various Task Forces, grouped by topic. Series Outline: 1. New Degree Programs 2. Task Force Materials Inventory Series One - New Degree Programs Box 1 FF 1 - UMC - Bachelor of General Studies, 1972 FF 2 - UMC - Educational Specialist Certificate, 1977 FF 3 - UMC - M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in Rural Sociology, 1977 FF 4 - UMC - MS in Computer Scienc, 1977 FF 5 - UMKC - Bachelor of Judaic Studies, 1972 FF 6 - UMKC - MS in Nursing, 1973 FF 7 - UMKC - Doctor of Pharmacy, 1973 FF 8 - UMKC - Doctor of Pharmacy- Program Evaluations, 1973 FF 9 - UMKC - Pharmacy Program - Title Changes, 1977 FF 10 - UMKC - Latin American Studies, 1974 FF 11 - UMKC - MA in Adult Education, 1977 FF 12 - UMKC - BA/BS in Earth Sciences, 1977 FF 13 - UMKC - MA in Special Education, 1977 FF 14 - UMKC - MA in Communication Studies, 1977 FF 15 - UMR - Bachelor of Technology, 1973 FF 16 - UMR - Professional Development Degree, 1974 FF 17 - UMR - Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1976 FF 18 - UMSL - Bachelor in General Studies, 1973 FF 19 - UMSL - MS in Physics, 1974 FF 20 - UMSL - MS in Chemistry, 1974 FF 21 - UMSL - Bachelor of Speech Communications, 1975 FF 22 - UMSL - Master of Public Policy Administration, 1975 FF 23 - UMSL - MA in Psychology, 1975 FF 24 - UMSL - Doctor of Education, 1975 FF 25 - UMSL - Bachelor of Social Work, 1976 FF 26 - UMSL - BS in Applied Mathematics, 1976 Series Two - Task Force Materials Box 2 FF 1 - Budgetary Task Force - Background Material (Contains a review of funding procedures for other states in the effort to find alternative means of preparing institutional budget requests. Also, demographic information for various states and schools), 1977 FF 2 - Budgetary Task Force - Working Papers, 1977-1978 FF 3 - Budgetary Task Force - Summaries and Materials Circulated, 1977 FF 4 - Budgetary Task Force - Report Drafts and Reactions, 1978 FF 5 - Fee Structure Tax Force - Records (Contains correspondence, agendas, and summaries of meetings, campus response, institutional research data, background materials, and a draft of the Fee Structure Task Force's final recommendation), 1975-1976 FF 6 - Fee Structure Task Force (Contains, "Report and Recommendations of the Structure Task Force," and correspondence, concerning tuition hikes for graduate students), 1976 FF 7 - Grant Management Task Force - General Information, 1978 FF 8 - Grant Management Task Force - Responses (Contains responses and comments on the draft of the final recommendation by members), 1979 FF 9 - Grant Management Task Force - Meeting, December 5, 1978 FF 10 - Grant Management Task Force - Meetings, 1978-1979 FF 11 - Grant Management Task Force - Grant Data Forms, 1978 FF 12 - Grant Management Task Force - Grant Accounting Systems, 1978 FF 13 - Grant Management Task Force - Mechanisms (Contains a position paper for the task force, on the "Implementation of Research Policy Changes"), 1978 FF 14 - Grant Management Task Force - Incentives, 1978 FF 15 - Grant Management Task Force - Cost-Sharing, 1978 FF 16 - Grant Management Task Force - Research, 1978 FF 17 - Grant Management Task Force - Decentralization, (Contains correspondence from all UM campuses concerning the impact of decentralization) 1975-1979 FF 18 - Student Information System - (Contains reports, operating costs, and statements from four UM campuses giving their position on alternative SIS fee plans), 1977 FF 19 - Hospital Task Force - Background Materials, 1976-1977   Restrictions Note: The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. Student records are held as confidential under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and by University policy. Faculty promotion and tenure records and Academic Personnel files are restricted for 75 years, or the lifetime of the individual. All grievance, disciplinary, and medical records are treated as confidential files. Consultations with legal counsel, both in-house and external, are protected by the attorney/client privilege and will not be released. Search our Holdings

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