Davidson College. Vice President for Academic Affairs.

According to the final report of the Commission on Extra-Campus Responsibilities, they saw their responsibility to be "to delineate Davidson's role in confronting more directly the Southeast, a region which has been plagued for a century by problems of racial discrimination, economic deprivation, and cultural malnutrition." The Commission recommended Davidson's expanded involvement in three areas: 1) education for the disadvantaged, 2) continuing education and 3) more relevant and realistic relations with the local community.

The Curriculum Requirements Committee serves to advise the Vice President for Academic Affairs regarding interpretations of, and exceptions to, existing requirements of the curriculum.

The Commission on Social Patterns was established in 1969 to examine the social patterns with respect to student development and college goals. The commission recommended that Davidson remain a residential college, have coeducational housing if women are admitted, expand the services in the college union and limit the role of fraternities on campus.

The Commission on Curricular Reform was established in 1972 to reform certain aspects of the academic program at Davidson, reforms which had their origin in the North Carolina Institute for Undergraduate Curricular Reform. During its one year of existence, the Commission secured a system of faculty evaluation and implemented a faculty development program. Changes were made in Davidson's Extended Studies program which reinforced the role of independent study at Davidson. It also initiated the humanities program for freshmen, investigated black student life at Davidson, redesigned the Honors College and restructured the pre-medical program. Finally, the Commission started a program to place professors emeriti in the library as consultants and developed an international/service learning program.

The Commission was organized to wrestle with the question of the values and problems inherent in a church-college relationship. After considerable study during the year of 1969, the Commission concluded that "the church and college can work together, and that the fruitfulness of such a union is dependent upon the quality of the relationship." The Commission then made several recommendations regarding this relationship in its final report.

This committee was established to advise the Vice President of Academic Affairs concerning policies regarding the College's program of study abroad; to supervise the general operation of such programs; to nominate participants for the Davidson Junior Year Abroad; to see to the distribution of information on meritorious programs of foreign study available to Davidson students and graduates; and to serve to explore the possibilities of new Davidson programs of foreign study for recommendation to the Faculty, the President and the Trustees.

The Blue Sky Committee was formed in 1966 and was charged with studying the college's academic program. In November 1967, the committee proposed changes for a new college curriculum. Included in the proposals were a three-term calendar, an honors college, organizing the academic departments into four divisions, a Humanities program, a Non-Western Studies program, and establishing a foreign language requirement.

The Religious Life Committee was established in 1966 to study the religious program at Davidson, particularly the question of compulsory vespers.

The Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics was established in 1969 to study intercollegiate athletics on campus. The Commission designed questionnaires for faculty, students, and alumni to help them study the issue. The final report was issued on June 15, 1969.

The Faculty committee on Admissions and Financial Aid was established to work with the President and within policies of the Trustees in the establishment of requirements for admitting applicants to the college. This committee discussed policies on admission and gave advice concerning formulation of such policies. This committee also supervised the screening of scholarship applicants and recommended to the President candidates for academic scholarships and grants-in-aid.

The Audio-Visual and Learning Resources Committee was charged with defining the basic needs and policies for an audio-visual service at the college.

This committee serves to assist the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean of Students and the Director of the Counseling Service in coordinating the various conseling and guidance functions of the college, including the Placement Service. It seeks to be sufficiently informed of problems and practices to be able to assist Faculty advisers in their work and to recommend changes where appropriate.

The Faculty Committee on Alleged Intolerance was created to investigate allegations of intolerant acts and related problems on the Davidson campus for the year of 1992.

The first Dean of Faculty for Davidson College was appointed in 1928. J. Moore MacConnell served as Dean from 1928 to 1935. In 1970 the office was renamed Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. The Vice President for Academic Affairs oversees the academic departments and programs.

The Educational Policy Committee was established to keep informed of developments in educational policy, to examine the effects of educational practice at Davidson, and to recommend appropriate changes which might better serve Davidson's educational purposes. This committee was charged with informing the Trustee committees of its work.

The Computer Planning Committee was established to discuss the development of the computer center and to discuss the role of computers on campus.

This committee had immediate antecedents in two small committees designed to nominate Fullbright and Rhodes candidates. In 1948 President Cunningham secured a grant of $50,000 (twice renewed) from the George F. Baker Trust of New York to launch an imaginative and resourceful program under the leadership of Bradley Thompson to recruit "Baker Scholars" for the Freshman Class. The committee also persuaded the Faculty to require College Board scores for admission. Following this, the student body greatly improved and the faculty suddenly found themselves much more challenged. At this point, this committee was charged with interesting students in graduate study and to encourage their application in the competitive fellowship programs.

The office of Vice President for Academic Affairs is responsible for supporting the faculty in their teaching, professional activity, and service to the community for maintaining the centrality of academic affairs.

The Advisory Council on Finance, Personnel, and Development was created in 1982 to study faculty salaries and compensations. At the same time, the committee made proposals for the Faculty Housing Program and presented a report on Faculty Compensation to the Trustees. Areas that the Advisory Council explored and discussed include personnel, energy costs, cost and value of athletic programs, and college policies on faculty and staff housing.

The Faculty Committee on Fine Arts was created in order to provide counsel to the President as to how to develop the Fine Arts Program at Davidson. This committee organized concerts and invited singers to visit Davidson College. The committee began in 1948. This committee also sponsored the annual Fine Arts Festival.

This committee was established to study and investigate the role of fraternities on the Davidson College Campus.

The Commission on Coeducation was organized in 1969 to provide recommendations concerning coeducation at Davidson College to the faculty and Board of Trustees. The Commission arrived at its recommednations by means of dialogue with the experience of members of the Commission; dialogue with the experience of the students, faculty and administration at Davidson; communication by means of questionnaires; participation in open meetings and through correspondence with guests invited to closed meetings; data from other colleges; visits to other colleges; visits by representatives from colleges and other institutions; and interviews with representatives from the cdademy for Educational Development.

The Dean Rusk Faculty Advisory committee was designed to advise the Dean Rusk Program on issues ranging from application for financial grants, fund-raising, international awareness at Davidson and the international studies concentration.

This committee was charged with reporting on (1) the costs of Davidson's intercollegiate athletics program, (2) whether Davidson should continue intercollegiate football, and (3) whether Davidson should continue competing in NCAA Division I.

In 1987, Bob Sutton and John V. Griffith asked the consulting firm of C.W. Shaver Co., Inc. to work with the college in developing a financial forecast covering the period of the college's strategic plan. In late March of that year, the college received a draft Financial Forecast that was reviewed by the college Vice Presidents.

The Extended Studies Committee was in charge of administering, evaluating and reporting on the various issues of the extended studies program. The program's purpose was to allow students to tailor an academic undertaking according to their own interests and needs. Students could design a specific academic project or attend seminars offered through the Extended Studies Program.

The Vice President for Academic Affairs assigns faculty members to particular committees. Each faculty member is expected to serve on at least one, if not more, comittees each year.

This committee was established to explore the area of rules and regulations with reference to 1) the adequateness of the existing philosophy of the college in 1967 and 2) the relevance of existing rules and regulations in light of the changing college situation. This committee looked closely at the rules listed in Student Conduct in the Faculty Regulations. Discussion was also given to the Code of Conduct.

This committee was appointed by President Cunningham in 1946 to study admissions policies at Davidson. Discussion centered around admission procedure and regulations, procedure for re-admission, entrance requirements, the possibility of basing the exclusion policy on quality point gained in courses rather than on number of courses passed.

This committee was established to study the aspects of the college union, fraternities and clubs on the Davidson College campus. The committee was abolished in 1969.

Faculty Committee on Campus and Religious Life was established to investigate issues involving the Davidson College campus and the religious life of its students. Throughout the years, the committee discussed issues such as excessive noise on residence halls/dormitories, strategies for campus ministry, the golf course, and worked closely with the Student Government.

The faculty Committee on Academic Uses of the Computer was designed to advise the Computer Services Center and to generate campus-wide discussion of computers.

The Advisory Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics was established to discuss issues relating to athletics including club sports and conference alignment for the intercollegiate programs.