provosts

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This collection contains records from the tenures of Associate Provosts for the Arts Ellen T. Harris and Alan Brody.

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The collection contains background information from MIT and other institutions on the legal issues involved in harassment and policies in force to handle the problem. Also included are minutes of the committee's meetings, notes kept by committee members, and proposals and annotated drafts of the final report.

Abstract The collection documents the responsibilities of Julius A. Stratton for academic development and research in the positions of provost, vice president and provost, and chancellor, which he held between 1949 and 1957. The records contain reports and memoranda from the schools, departments, and research laboratories, including Lincoln Laboratory, the Research Laboratory for Electronics, and the Computation Center, and material on Projects Charles, Hartwell, Meteor, Troy, and Whirlwind. There...

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The collection comprises records produced by Assistant to the President and Provost, Norman C. Dahl, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from approximately 1971 to 1980. Records include administrative files and records pertaining to the Bicentennial Committees.

Abstract The Office of the Provost, Assistant Provost Doreen Morris records contain records from Morris’s office documenting her work with the Office of the Provost. Morris came to the MIT in 1978 when she joined the Budget Office. In 1982, she became the financial officer in the Office of the Dean of Science. In 1985, she became assistant to the provost and in 1992, she was appointed assistant provost for administration. Records include budgets and five year plans, materials on gender equity at MIT,...

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The collection contains records kept by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Office of the Provost from 1976-1993. Records primarily relate to grants and awards.

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The collection consists of letters from seniors responding to a survey from Associate Provost Samuel Jay Keyser, and anonymous excerpts from those letters. The letters recount the students' experience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and include comments on the academic workload and requirements, the faculty, the advising system, and student living groups.

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Each year the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Office of the Provost holds an orientation and introduction to MIT for new faculty the week before the academic year starts in September. A handbook of campus information resources is compiled each year by the office as part of the orientation. The collection consists ofa number of these handbooks dating from 1997 to 2006.

Abstract This collection contains the records of Associate Provost Paul E. Gray from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Office of the Provost. Paul E. Gray served as associate provost from 1969 to 1971, under Provost Jerome Wiesner. The collection spans from 1968 to 1971 and includes some materials from Gray’s tenure as assistant provost. Records in the collection include correspondence, memoranda, notes, drafts of policy statements, police statements, police reports and court actions,...

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection contains the records of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provost Charles H. Townes. He served as provost from 1961 to 1966 and the collection contains administrative files on MIT’s academic departments, laboratories, and centers, as well as minutes, agendas, reports, and notes from committees Townes was involved with as provost. Records about the Birla Institute of Technology, the Kanpur Indo-American Program, and the Technical University of Berlin reflect the...

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection contains administrative files of Exectuive Officer Joel Orlen in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Office of the Provost. Materials include correspondence, reference material, working notes, and reports on various activities of the office, including coordination of space and research planning, administration of special research funds, representing MIT on the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation and in various university research consortia, and...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of reports, budgets, and tenure and other personnel records from the schools, laboratories, and centers that report to the provost, including the Libraries and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; records of committees Low chaired or participated in, including the Committee on International Institute Commitments, the Council on Resources of the Institute, the Institute Planning Group, the Research Policy Committee,...

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Includes files of provosts John Deutch, Mark Wrighton, and Joel Moses.

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The collection comprises records created by the Office of the Provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The records, which were created during Robert A. Brown's tenure as Provost, span the years of 1998 to 2005.

Materials include: correspondence, programs information, records pertaining to the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) and the Council on Faculty Diversity.

Abstract Louis Menand became assistant to the provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968 with the responsibility to supervise several programs, including the MIT student-operated tutoring program at Rindge Technical School in Cambridge, Mass., and the Upward Bound program. He chaired the Law-Related Studies Committee and served on the Interdisciplinary Environmental Council. He also worked on university-community relations. In 1974 he became...

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The collection contains records kept by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Office of the Associate Provost for Educational Programs and Policy from 1985-1993. Materials include correspondence, reports, and memoranda related to disciplinary and harassment issues; information about student, staff, and faculty programs; and files about minority issues on campus and personnel issues.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists of the records of Walter Alter Rosenblith while associate provost, 1969-1971, and provost, 1971-1980, though the collection contains a few earlier records pertaining to continuing projects under the supervision of the Office of the Provost. The major portion of the collection, the general administrative files, documents Rosenblith’s activities as provost as well as the academic and political climate of MIT during the 1970s.During Rosenblith’s time in...

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The collection consists primarily of the administrative records of Vice President of Research and Provost David Litster. Some records created by Vice President Kenneth Smith and Associate Provost for Research Charlene Placido are included. Personnel and patent files are mixed through the collection which needs to be processed before providing access.

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This collection documents Dr. Shelia Widnall’s work as the Associate Provost at MIT. Materials document her responsibilities around academic integrity, including conflict of interest policy, federal relations, faculty retirement, tenure and promotion policies, and international educational programs. In addition, there is some correspondence and speeches related to her work.