Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - May 29, 1969

Title

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - May 29, 1969

Description

120-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, May 29, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments.

Agenda includes:
- Roll call;
- Approval of previous minutes;
- Correspondence, including the Obi Society's demands;
- Reports to the Board on legislation, the TCC Association, student government, the budget, administrative reorganization, accreditation progress, and Student Services;
- Obi Society;
- Resolutions on honors and thanks;
- Salary discussion;
- Results of a security practices survey;
- New Community Services positions;
- New appointments;
- Educational specifications for new buildings;
- Leave requests;
- Bids;
- Information on commencement, a planning grant, and summer school;
- Announcements.

Attachments include:
- Minutes of a May 9 study session focused on the Obi Society's 11 demands;
- Minutes of a May 22 study session on the budget;
- Memo from President Thornton Ford responding to recent concerns from students;
- Letter from the TCC Association responding to allegations of bigotry against three instructors, signed by numerous faculty;
- Letter from TCC students and veterans requesting legal action against students disrupting campus "brought about by racial misunderstandings," signed by 54 students;
- List of demands from students in response to the Obi Society's demands, signed by 77 students;
- Letter from the Director of the State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) closing out the legislative session, and accompanying "Legislative Wrapup" document;
- Recommendations from the Administrative Organization Committee regarding student involvement;
- Document entitled "Progress Report for Accreditation Prepared by the Staff and Administration 1968-69";
- Letter from the accrediting organization regarding the progress report;
- "Leave Other Than Sick or Sabbatical Leave" policy;
- "Faculty Contracts 1969-70" policy;
- Description of TCC degree programs;
- Minutes for May 13-16 and May 20 Obi Society, faculty, and student body meetings;
- Proposal for a "Workshop on Modification of Standard Course Content to More Accurately Reflect Black Americans";
- Memo from Ford to the Board regarding the Obi Society's demands;
- Letter from the Board to the student government affirming support of the Obi Society using their funds for financial aid to students;
- Report on survey of community college campus security practices;
- Position descriptions for Assistant to the Dean for Community Development, Educational Program Specialist;
- Recommendations on administrative and faculty appointments;
- Document entitled "Educational Specifications for a Science Complex at Tacoma Community College: A Report of Educational Space Requirements by the Science Building Planning Committee";
- Document "Educational Specifications for a Maintenance Building at Tacoma Community College";
- Recommendations for faculty building specifications;
- Invitations to bid and tabulations for photographic equipment;
- Document "Package Proposal for Faculty Contracts and Salary Relationship 1969-70";
- Explanation of administrative salary calculations;
- Policy for student-invited speakers.

Subject

Community colleges

Community college trustees

minutes (administrative records)

Creator

Tacoma Community College. Board of Trustees

Source

Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees records

Publisher

Tacoma Community College Archives

Date

1969-05-29

Contributor

Tacoma Community College. Board of Trustees

Ford, Thornton Morrow

Tacoma Community College Association

Washington (State). Board for Community College Education

Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. Commission on Higher Schools

Tacoma Community College. Science Building Planning Committee

Tacoma Community College. Maintenance Building Planning Committee

Tacoma Community College. Faculty Building Committee

Rights

Use is governed by Tacoma Community College's Creative Commons Copyright policy requiring attribution and share-alike intentions.

Format

PDF

Language

English

Identifier

TCCA002_19690529-RegMtg

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)