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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ad Hoc Committee on Outside Commitments records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0139

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

The records of the Ad Hoc Committee on Outside Commitments contain some correspondence and the report of the committee.

Dates

  • 1969 - 1970

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open.

Conditions Governing Use

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Historical Note

In 1969 the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, HowardW. Johnson, formed a committee to review MIT's commitments to outside research facilities and education programs (e.g., international educational activities such as the Indian Institute at Kanpur, national defense efforts such as the Institute for Defense Analyses, and local efforts such as WGBH, Boston's educational television station). Gordon S. Brown, professor of electrical engineering and dean of the School of Engineering, chaired the committee which was composed of members of the faculty, the Corporation, and students.

The committee was charged with assessing how MIT engages in commitments tooutside education and research efforts and activities to develop criteria for future commitments; assessing how MIT monitors the continuing usefulness and effectiveness of organizations with which it associates in such efforts and recommending ways to improve the process; assessing how MIT evaluates outcomes of such memberships at their conclusions and proposing additional methods for future guidance. The committee submitted its report on 15 Feruary 1970.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

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Processing Information note

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Title
Guide to the Records of the Ad Hoc Committee on Outside Commitments
Status
Ready For Review
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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