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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: April 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Guide to the Financial Planning Committee Records, 1974 - 1975 Special Collections & ArchivesWesleyan University Middletown, CT, USA

Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) Financial Planning Committee Records, 1972 - 1975 1000-175 Material in English 0.5 1 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. The Financial Planning Committee (FPC), a faculty-student body created under faculty by-laws, was formed in about 1968. It was composed of 6 faculty members, 4 undergraduate students, and 4 ex-officio administrators. The role of the group was to evaluate administrative proposals related to budgets and allocations, and provide suggestions and recommendations. The materials in the Financial Planning Committee Records date from 1972 to 1975, and include evaluations of departmental or program proposals, faculty compensation concerns, and student expense issues. The main item of business for the FPC during this period was Wesleyan's growing deficit, and recommendations to address budgetary concerns. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Financial Planning Committee Records, Collection #1000-175, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Transferred from members of the Financial Planning Committee, circa 1975.

Processing Information

Processed by Kate Levy, April 2009

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, April 2009

Historical Note

The Financial Planning Committee (FPC), a faculty-student body created under faculty by-laws, was formed in about 1968. It was composed of 6 faculty members, 4 undergraduate students, and 4 ex-officio administrators. The role of the group was to evaluate administrative proposals related to budgets and allocations, and provide suggestions and recommendations. The FPC also made their recommendations known to the greater campus community through publications like their 1975 FPC Report: A Plan for Financial Stability, which was published as a supplement to the Wesleyan student newspaper, the Argus.

Collection Overview

The materials in the Financial Planning Committee Records date from 1972 to 1975, and include evaluations of departmental or program proposals, faculty compensation concerns, and student expense issues. The main item of business for the FPC during this period was Wesleyan's growing deficit, and recommendations to address budgetary concerns.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Administration. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Finance. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Faculty. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--History. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Students. Universities and colleges--Finance. Detailed Description of the Collection 1 Agendas, 1972-1973 2 Minutes, 1972-1973 (extra copies) 3 Budget Review, 1973-1974 4 East Asian Studies Major Proposal 5 Environmental Sciences Proposal 6 Graduate Student Stipends 7 Hebrew Track and Semester in Israel Proposal 8 Long Term Disability Proposal 9 Guidelines for Review of Programs 10 Report on the President's Proposal to Eliminate the Deficit 11 Role of the Financial Planning Committee 12 Miscellaneous 13 Housing Memo (extra copies) 14 Self-Scheduled Examination Proposal 15 Subcommittee Reports of the President's Proposal to Eliminate the Deficit 16 Sub-committees 17 Student Caucus Counter-Proposals to President's Proposal to Eliminate Deficit 18 Teacher Education Proposal 19 Faculty Compensation 20 FPC Report: A Plan for Financial Stability, 1975