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Stanford University, Faculty Senate, records, 1891-2018 (inclusive)

These records were generated by the Academic Council, the Faculty Senate, the Academic Secretary, and various committees and task forces. They include minutes, memoranda, correspondence, reports, election records, agendas and supporting documents, rosters, memorial resolutions on deceased members, and audiotapes of meetings. The collection also includes minutes from faculty meetings prior to the creation of the Academic Council, 1891-1904. Some of the issues addressed by the committees include admissions, academic freedom, athletics, undergraduate education, foreign studies programs, graduate studies, public health, education and employment of women in the University, student government, and student political activities.

Jones, Patricia P

Biologist Pat Jones served as chair of the faculty senate in 1993-94, vice-chair in 1988-89, and as representative from the School of Humanities & Sciences Natural Sciences unit during many terms. In the first part of this interview, she provides a general sense of how the senate works, the relationship between the senate and university administration, and the types of issues that have come before the body. She describes how the Steering Committee sets the agenda for the senate and provides insight on the role played by the Committee on Committees, the Planning and Policy Board, and the academic secretary. Jones also comments favorably on the development of the Faculty Policy on Conflict of Commitment and Interest, a policy that came before the senate during her service. In the second part of the interview, Jones briefly discusses a time when students advocating for an Asian American Studies program disrupted a senate meeting. She describes the manner in which the senate handles routine business, including the renewal of existing interdepartmental programs, routine committee reports, and memorial resolutions. She describes some of the electoral procedures of the senate and speaks about how the senate came to hear an annual report on women and minority faculty and how the senate approved the Medical Center Line.

Arrow, Kenneth J

Kenneth J. Arrow served on the Executive Committee of the Academic Council around the time that the Faculty Senate was proposed and on a sub-committee appointed by the Executive Committee to consider Herbert Packer's proposal regarding the creation of an academic senate. Arrow later chaired the Faculty Senate during the 1986-87 term. He offers reflections on the function and effectiveness of the Faculty Senate and compares Stanford's mode of faculty governance with what he experienced at Harvard.

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