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- 1977-2010 (Création/Production)
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2.52 linear feet
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Affirmative Action is defined as an active efforts to improve employment or educational opportunities for minority groups and women. Affirmative action began as a government solution to remedy the effects of long-standing discrimination against suchy groups and consisted of policies, program,s and procedures that give limited preferences to iminorities and women in job hiring, admission to institutions of higher education, and other social benefits. The typical criteria for affairmative action are race, disability, gender, ethnic origin, and age.
The Minnesota State College system began its affirmative action program in the spring of 1972 and campuses were required to participate. At St. Cloud State, Howard Russell served as a consultant to start and develop an affirmative action program. The program was revised in the spring of 1974 by the Minnesota governor's executive order 76. The order required at individual state agenices, among many things, appointment of an executive staff membr as equal opportunity officer as well as an appointment of a campus-wide affirmative action committee.
Though John Tomlinson was appointed as affirmative action officer, James Kitchen was soon given that role. According to the records in the office of president, there were no positions available for a full-time affirmative action officer and also felt that a teaching position was not appropriate. Instead, an assignment was made for an affirmative action officer on a part-time basis of a qualified individual and given some of the responsiblities that were held by Howard Russell. The position would eventually became a full-time appointment.
The position was intially part of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Beginning in 1991/92, Affirmative Action reported to the office of the president and continues to do so today.
Names:
Affirmative Action: 1974 - 2010
Equity and Affirmative Action: 2010 - 2020+
Affirmative Action Officers:
April 1974 - June 1974: John Tomlinson (who was also VP for Academic Affairs)
July 1974 - July 1976: James Kitchen (who was also Minority Culture Center director)
July 1976 - November 1976: Robert Becker (acting)
November 1976 - June 1977: Patricia Darrah (who was also Minority Culture Center director)
July 1977 - September 1977: Robert Becker (acting)
September 1977 - 1982/83: Barb Grachek
1983/84: Robert Becker (acting)
1984/85: Barb Grachek
1985/86: Mil Voelker (acting)
1986/87 - 1989/90: Mil Voelker
1990/91: Caroline Boureston (acting)
1991/92 - 1993/94: Jill Ciliberto
1994/95 - 1996/97: Debra Carlson
1997/98 - May 2002: Laurel Allen
January 2003 - July 2003: Aly Xiong (interim)
2003/04? - 2005/06: Ann Zemek de Dominguez (interim)
April 2006 - 2008/09: Susan Moss
January 2010 - present: Ellyn Bartges
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The records of Equality and Affirmative Action document the efforts by St. Cloud State to make the higher process of employees fair, policies and procedures to report sexual harrassment or other types of harrassment, and to track progress towards regarding the diversity of students and employees.
Series 1: Administration
This series contains records about Affirmative Action, including efforts to combat campus racism, investigation into campus anti-semitism, and efforts to educate campus about affirmative action. It also includes publications from Affirmative Action as well as a selection of past notices of vacancy.
Series 2: Affirmative Action Committee
Dating back to 1977 when the first Affirmative Action officer was appointed, this series documents the Affirmative Action Committee. The committee was comprised of employees across campus, including staff, administrators, and faculty. Most interesting are the annual reports of the committee that document their activities and meeting minutes.
Series 3: Goals, Plans, and Reports
The heart of the collection, this series contains affirmative action plans for much of the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as annual reports that document the progress towards those plans. Also included in this sesries are procedures for hiring administrators and faculty as well as for reporting complaints of discrimination and harassment/
Series 4: Statistics
This series contains a wide variety of statistics that were tracked by Affirmative Action. Some of these statistics do show up in the annual reports and plans in series 3, while many do not. Tracked here include the ethnicities of employees and students, failed and successful searches, complaints, and the number of bias motivated incidents and hate crimes.
System of arrangement
The records are divided into four series.
Series 1: Administration
The records are organized in alphabetical order.
Series 2: Affirmative Action Committee
The records are organized in alphabetical order.
Series 3: Goals, Plans, and Reports
The records are organized in alphabetical order.
Series 4: Statistics
The records are organized in alphabetical order.
Records are located at 29E.4b-5c.
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Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.
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- anglais
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Much was transferred to University Archives before July 2007 while some material came afterwards. Accessions processed include: A08-001, A08-018, A09-001, A09-007, A10-006, and A10-014.
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Processed by Grant Roedl in May and June 2019 and Tom Steman in February 2020.