]> rg.07.035 Records of the School of Advanced International Studies, Student Government 1976-1981 07.035 Parker Williams and Brian Harrington The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University

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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Marius Finding aid written in English Records of the School of Advanced International Studies, Student Government 1976-1981 Record Group Number 07.035 The Ferdinand Hamburger ArchivesThe Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University Contact Information The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8323 Processed by: Parker Williams and Brian Harrington Encoded by: Marius Stan

Descriptive Summary Record Group Number 07.035 Records of the School of Advanced International Studies, Student Government 1976-1981 Student Government, School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University 0.167 cubic foot (1 flat box) English The records of the SAIS Student Government range in date from 1976 to 1981, and consist primarily of correspondence and course evaluation results, for which the Student Government is responsible. Other records include those of the Curriculum Committee, 1979-1980, dealing mainly with the controversial implementation of a core curriculum at SAIS, and a file of financial records, 1977-1981. The record group is arranged in one series and folders are filed alphabetically by file title. Administrative Information Provenance

Transferred by the SAIS student treasurer.

Accession Number

84.33

Use Restrictions

none

Preferred Citation

The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives of The Johns Hopkins University, Record Group Number 07.035, Records of the School of Advanced International Studies, Student Government, file title and inclusive dates.

History

The School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Student Committee first appears in a farewell letter to Dr. Halford Hoskins after his resignation as Director of the School in 1949. After that, the records of the SAIS Office of the Dean contain lists of Committee members and correspondence between the Committee and Deans Thayer and Wilcox from the years 1953 to 1962, and 1969 to 1973 (RG 07.001, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Student Committee, 1949-1962 and Student Committee, 1969-1973). The Committee apparently acted as a mediating body between the students and the administration and faculty on such issues as the proposed imposition of a student activities fee, determination of the nature of oral exams, SAIS relations with the Defense Department during the Vietnam War, and student influence on the faculty hiring process.

By the late 1970s the Student Government apparently had taken over responsibilities relating to orientation, socials, and the sponsorship of clubs, a newsletter, and occasional lectures. In 1977 they also assumed responsibility for the course evaluation process, a major activity.

Description of Series/Container List Records Records,

Box Folder Contents 1 Correspondence--Dominic Ntube and Peter Fariel, March- April, 1981 2 Course Evaluation Results, Spring 1977 3 Course Evaluation Results, Spring 1978 4 Course Evaluation Results, Fall 1978 5 Course Evaluation Results, Spring 1979 6 Course Evaluation Results, Spring 1980 7 Curriculum Committee, 1979-1980 8 Fiscal Records, 1977-1981 9 Letter to Students Entering the Bologna Center, 1976