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Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs (University of Michigan). Staff Files, 1947-2014

570 linear feet (in 571 boxes) — 3.4 GB (online)

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Central academic administrative unit of the University of Michigan which functions as chief executive assistant to the president, responsible for appointments and promotions with oversight for schools, colleges, educational units and programs; including budget planning, legislative relations, institutional research, and affirmative action policies. The Staff Files subgroup contains the files of individual of vice-presidents, associate and assistant vice-presidents, and other staff members within the vice-president's office.

The Staff Files subgroup of the record group Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs consists of 570 linear feet and spans the years from 1947 to 2013. The Staff Files subgroup is comprised of the records of the associate and assistant vice presidents for academic affairs. Whereas the records of the Central Files subgroup often contain finished products, such as reports and policy statements, the Staff Files subgroup tends to document the process of policy formation and other decision-making functions. Scattered through the associate and assistant vice presidents' papers, for example, are frank statements of opinion regarding various schools and programs, candidates for promotion, and the relationship between the branches of the university, as well as notes on meetings with faculty members, committee activities, and other subjects.

The Staff Files subgroup includes the records of the following past and current associate and assistant vice presidents, listed in the order in which their records first appear in the boxlist: Ernest R. Zimmermann, Carolyne K. Davis, Edward A. Dougherty, Richard A. English, Robert L. Williams, John H. Romani, Mary Ann Swain, Robert S. Holbrook, W. Allen Spivey, Robert B. Holmes, Niara Sudarkasa, Robin Jacoby, Robert Sauve, E. Kay Dawson, Susan Lipschutz, Paul Courant, Marilyn Knepp, Pamela A. Raymond, Katharine Soper, Karen Gibbons, John Godfrey, Nancy Cantor, A. Lawrence Fincher, Ralph P. Nichols, Valerie Castle, Glenda Haskell, Linda Gillum, Janet Weiss, Ben van der Plijm, Sharon Schmidt, Kathleen (Kati) Bauer, James Hilton, Stephanie Riegle, Catherine Shaw, Philip Hanlon, Teresa Sullivan, Anne Berens, Brian Konz, John King, Lester Monts, Martha E. Pollack, Lori Haskins, and Ron Fitzgerald. The records of an individual, while still in office, are received by the archives on an ongoing basis.

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Swain, Mary Ann, 1970-1993

75 linear feet

Mary Ann Swain, professor of nursing research in the School of Nursing, was appointed associate vice president for academic affairs in 1983. Swain's files (about 62 lin. ft.) cover the years 1970 to 1993 and consist of a number of series, many of which are recurring, reflecting the various accessions in which the materials were received: Budget Priorities Committee, Topical Files, Chronological Files, Schools and Colleges Files (both budget and nonbudget), Units Files (both budget and nonbudget), Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), and Retreats. As the topics and the dates for each series tend to overlap, the researcher is advised to search more than one series for information on a given topic. Also, because Swain and Robert S. Holbrook have, at times, exchanged areas of responsibility, the researcher should review the records of both staff members for material on a given topic or university unit.

Dr. Swain had a wide-ranging background in university affairs. In addition to her service in the School of Nursing, she served on a variety of university committees, including the Committee on the Status of Women in Higher Education, which she chaired in 1977-78, and the Budget Priorities Committee which she chaired from 1981 to 1983. Beginning in 1983, Dr. Swain served as associate vice president for academic affairs. In this position, she assumed responsibility for various administrative matters pertaining to faculty affairs, the operating needs of the schools and colleges, and academic services. She also had direct line administrative and fiscal responsibility for a number of institutes and centers, such as the Center for Continuing Education of Women, special libraries and museums.

She assumed primary responsibility for administration of the Target of Opportunity (TOO) program which increased the number of minority faculty on campus. Additionally, she worked with academic units on the implementation of policies regarding the disabled, and she chaired the task force which drafted the staff and faculty policy on sexual and racial harassment.

Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs (University of Michigan). Staff Files, 1947-2014
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