Indiana University. College of Arts and Sciences. Policy Committee

The Policy Committee of the College and Arts and Sciences was established in 1942 to undertake the investigation of particular issues affecting faculty and students within the College. Still active on campus, the role of the Committee has evolved over time and has taken on several additional duties. Chief among these are to serve as the representative body of the College faculty in the formulation of policies, to function as an advisory group for the Dean of the College, and to operate as the College's Budgetary Affairs Committee.

From the description of Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences Policy Committee records, 1942-1998. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 122257129

According to an unpublished history of the College of Arts and Sciences, found in the Arts and Sciences reference folder of the University Archives:

“Early in 1942 it was generally felt that the work of the College might be greatly benefited by the existence of a standing committee, advisory or policy forming, but not legislative or executive. The committee which studied the nature of such a body stated in its report: ‘To meet its responsibility the College should have a committee, more general in function than those special committees which it now has, to consider the needs and interests of the College as a whole, determining both the policies of the College in its relationship with other departments of the University and the general policy of the College itself.’ The seven members elected to this ‘Policy Committee of the College of Arts and Sciences’ by our faculty were: Professor A.L. Kohlmeier (Chairman), P.W. Townsend, R.E. Cleland, Paul Weatherwax, L.J. Mills, J.E. Moffat, and F.P. Hall.”

The Arts and Sciences Policy Committee continues to function on campus and has several areas of responsibility:

The current Committee consists of nine elected tenured or tenure-track faculty members as well as the Dean and Executive Associate Dean of the College as non-voting members.

Current information and recent Committee minutes may be found on the group’s web site at http://www.indiana.edu/~college/faculty/policy/index.shtml.

From the guide to the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences Policy Committee records, 1942-1998, (Indiana University Office of University Archives and Records Management http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives)