Presidential Commission on Academic Priorities in the Arts and Sciences records (Marcus Report), 1967-1987

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Series II: Academic Planning Reports, 1974-1987

In 1977, before the commission was appointed, Provost William Theodore deBary asked department heads to respond to James Young's working paper "Arts and Sciences: A Prospectus for the Nineteen Eighties." Chairs were asked to review their own educational programs and to present their goals for the future. Below are the reports submitted. Please note that a small number of departments did not submit a report (the folders only have the copy of the DeBary letter from September 1977).


Faculties and/or Schools



Box 1 Folder 1 Arts, School of, 1978


Box 1 Folder 2 Business, Graduate School of, 1977


Box 1 Folder 3 General Studies, School of, 1978


Box 1 Folder 4 Faculty of International Affairs - Committee on Instruction (COI), 1978


Box 1 Folder 5 Medicine, 1978

Report on Instructional Interactions between the Faculty of Medicine and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences


Box 1 Folder 6 Faculty of Philosophy - Committee on Instruction (COI), 1977-1978


Box 1 Folder 7 Faculty of Political Science - Committee on Instruction (COI), 1977-1978


Box 1 Folder 8 Faculty of Pure Science - Committee on Instruction (COI), 1977-1978


Departments


Box 1 Folder 9 African Institute, 1977


Box 1 Folder 10 Ancient Studies, 1977


Box 1 Folder 11 Anthropology, 1977-1979


Box 1 Folder 12 Art History, 1977


Box 1 Folder 13 Art Humanities, 1977


Box 1 Folder 14 Astronomy, 1977-1978


Box 1 Folder 15 Biological Sciences, 1977


Box 1 Folder 16 Buddhist Studies, 1977


Box 1 Folder 17 Chemical Physics, 1977


Box 1 Folder 18 Chemistry, 1977


Box 1 Folder 19 Columbia College, 1977-1978


Box 1 Folder 20 Comparative Literature, 1977


Box 1 Folder 21 Computing Science, 1977


Box 1 Folder 22 Contemporary Civilization, 1977


Box 1 Folder 23 East Asian Institute, 1977


Box 1 Folder 24 East Asian Languages and Cultures, 1977-1978


Box 1 Folder 25 Economics, 1977-1979


Box 1 Folder 26 East Central Europe, 1977


Box 1 Folder 27 Engineering, 1977


Box 1 Folder 28 English and Comparative Literature, 1977


Box 1 Folder 29 French, 1977


Box 1 Folder 30 General Education, 1977


Box 1 Folder 31 Geography, 1977-1986


Box 1 Folder 32 Geology, 1977-1978


Box 1 Folder 33 Germanic Languages, 1976-1977


Box 1 Folder 34 Greek and Latin, 1977


Box 1 Folder 35 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) - Committee on Instruction (COI), 1978


Box 1 Folder 36 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), 1977-1978

On the Organizational Requirements of the Arts and Sciences


Box 1 Folder 37 History, 1977


Box 1 Folder 38 Humanities, 1977


Box 1 Folder 39 International Affairs, 1977


Box 1 Folder 40 International Change, 1977


Box 1 Folder 41 Italian, 1977


Box 1 Folder 42 Jewish Studies, 1977


Box 1 Folder 43 Latin American Studies, 1977-1978


Box 1 Folder 44 Linguistics, 1977


Box 1 Folder 45 Mathematical Statistics, 1977


Box 1 Folder 46 Mathematics, 1977


Box 1 Folder 47 Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1977


Box 1 Folder 48 Middle East Institute, 1977


Box 1 Folder 49 Middle East Languages and Cultures, 1977


Box 1 Folder 50 Music, 1977


Box 1 Folder 51 Music Humanities, 1977


Box 1 Folder 52 Operations Research, 1977


Box 1 Folder 53 Oriental Studies, 1977


Box 1 Folder 54 Philosophy, 1977


Box 1 Folder 55 Physical Fitness Center, 1977


Box 1 Folder 56 Physics, 1974-1977


Box 1 Folder 57 Plasma Physics, 1977


Box 1 Folder 58 Political Science, 1977-1978


Box 1 Folder 59 Psychology, 1977


Box 1 Folder 60 Psycholinguistics, 1977


Box 1 Folder 61 Radiation Biophysics, 1977


Box 1 Folder 62 Religion, 1977-1978

Religious Studies


Box 1 Folder 63 Russian Institute, 1977


Box 1 Folder 64 Slavic Languages, 1977


Box 1 Folder 65 Sociology, 1978


Box 1 Folder 66 Solid State Science, 1977


Box 1 Folder 67 Southern Asian Institute, 1977


Box 1 Folder 68 Spanish and Portuguese, 1977


Box 1 Folder 69 Theatre and Film, 1977


Box 1 Folder 70 Uralic Studies, 1977


Box 1 Folder 71 War and Peace, 1977


Box 1 Folder 72 Western Europe, 1977



Box 2 Folder 1 Correspondence with Chairs, 1977