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Office of the Vice President for Arts, Sciences and Technology

 Organization

Biography

Abstract:

The Office of the Vice President for Arts, Sciences and Technology (also known as the Vice President for Arts, Sciences and Engineering) was established in the fall of 1986 and ceased to exist in 2001. The Office of the VP for A, S & T influenced a broad range of academic policies through its Policy Council, an executive group of administrative and academic deans in Arts & Sciences. The Vice President for Arts, Sciences and Technology (VP for A, S & T) reported to the University Provost and Senior Vice President.

The Office of the Vice President for Arts, Sciences and Technology (also known as the Vice President for Arts, Sciences and Engineering) was established in the fall of 1986 and ceased to exist in 2001. Various deans, including the Dean of Liberal Arts and Jackson, the Dean of the School of Engineering, and the Dean of the Graduate School of Art and Sciences, reported to the VP for A, S & T. The Office of the VP for A, S & T influenced a broad range of academic policies through its Policy Council, an executive group of administrative and academic deans in Arts & Sciences. The Vice President for Arts, Sciences and Technology (VP for A, S & T) reported to the University Provost and Senior Vice President. The activities of this high-level administrative office included: strategic planning for student, faculty and program development; addressing issues of diversity and the quality of intellectual life at Tufts; developing new offices to handle ever changing academic and organizational issues; spearheading initiatives such as the Higher Education Initiative (HEI); creating and overseeing task forces, such as the Task Force on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Life.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Arts and Sciences Information Booklet

 Collection
Call Number: UP228
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the Arts and Sciences Booklet. It is an information booklet for faculty and staff covering the academic calendar, schedule of faculty meetings, department chairpersons, centers and programs, deans of Tufts University, phone director for departments and deans, faculty list, and committee lists.

Dates: 1988 -- 2000

Issues

 Collection
Call Number: UP031
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Issues for Fall 1993, Spring 1994, and Winter 1995. It was a journal of arts, sciences and technology at Tufts that replaced Tufts Engineering News.

Dates: 1993 -- 1995

Office of the Vice President for Arts, Sciences, and Technology Records

 Collection
Call Number: UA061
Scope and Contents

This collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence, memos, reports, audio tapes and documents pertaining to committee work and retreats, statistics on budget, faculty and students, appointment books, two CDs of the HEI website, and a paperweight.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1992 -- 1998; 1987 -- 2003