The Bailey Commission on the Future of the University. -- 1955-1966; predominant 1965-1966. -- 76.2 cm (6 cases).
The rapid expansion in university enrolments fuelled by the post-World War Two veterans' programs continued into the nineteen fifties and sixties. This expansionism necessitated a restructuring of the higher education system throughout Canada. Nationally, the Bladen Commission examined the Financing of Higher Education in Canada. One of the most influential studies was the 1966 Duff and Berdahl report on University Government in Canada, which recommended sweeping reform of the internal government of universities, with greater faculty and student participation.
New Brunswick Liberal premier Louis J. Robichaud established the Deutch Royal Commission on Higher Education in New Brunswick in 1961, which established the Saint John campus of the University of New Brunswick and rationalized higher education in the province.
In February 1965, University of New Brunswick (UNB) President Colin B. Mackay appointed an 8-person commission, chaired by Vice- President (Academic) Alfred G. Bailey, with a broad mandate "to inquire into all or any matters pertaining to the future development of the university" over a ten-year time span. An earlier Committee on the Effects of Future Enrolment at UNB had existed in 1956, and the Bailey Commission extended the work of this previous panel. Various committees were established by the Commission to address issues relating to terms and conditions of employment, space, relations with the Teachers' College and with St. Thomas University, and to the relationship of the university with the community. The final report of the Bailey Commission, submitted in January, 1967, initiated revision of the UNB Act in 1968, which led to the democratization of the university through faculty representation on the Board of Governors, student representation on the Board and on the Senate, and the emergence of participatory university government.
The bulk of the series comprises briefs submitted to the Bailey Commission by individuals, departments, faculties, institutes, alumni, committees, and the Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers (AUNBT). Material relating to a submission by the Bio-Engineering Institute (Case 65 File 9) includes research reports on myo-electric control systems and orthotic systems research.
The series also consists of minutes and agendas of Commission meetings, correspondence and memos, draft chapters of the final report, and newsletters.
The material contained in this series discusses broad topics related to the University of New Brunswick, including graduate studies, physical facilities, parking problems, residences, athletics, research centres and institutions, UNB's relationship with Teachers' College and St. Thomas University, and the structure of the university government and administration. Departmental reports submitted to the Bailey Commission outline long-range operational goals and often contain historical summaries.
A copy of the submission of the Department of History to the Commission on the Future of the University also is located in Case 88.
Arrangement of the series is primarily alphabetical by departments or faculties.
The series title is supplied based on the file contents.
Case 65 File 1 Commission on the Future of the University -
Minutes. -- 1965
Case 65 File 2 Commission on the Future of the University -
Correspondence. -- 1965-1966
Case 65 File 3 Reports on the Commission's progress. -- 1956-
1965
Case 65 File 4 Completed chapters. -- [196?]
Case 65 File 5 Faculty of Arts. -- 1965
Case 65 File 6 Sub-committee on academic improvement. -- 1963
Case 65 File 7 Associated Alumni. -- 1966
Case 65 File 8 AUNBT - Association of the University of New
Brunswick Teachers. -- 1965-1966
Case 65 File 9 Bio-Engineering Institute. Myo-electrical
control systems. -- 1965-1966
Case 65 File 10 Department of Biology. -- 1966
Case 65 File 11 Department of Business Administration. -- 1966
Case 65 File 12 Department of Chemical engineering. -- 1965
Case 65 File 13 Department of Chemistry. -- 1966
Case 65 File 14 Department of Classics. -- 1965
Case 65 File 15 Creative Arts. -- 1966
Case 65 File 16 Department of Economics and political science.
-- 1965
Case 66 File 1 Faculty of Education. -- 1965-1966
Case 66 File 2 Faculty of Engineering. -- 1965-1966
Case 66 File 3 Department of English. -- 1965
Case 66 File 4 Extension services. -- 1965
Case 66 File 5 Faculty club. -- 1966
Case 66 File 6 Faculty of Forestry. -- 1965-1966
Case 66 File 7 Committee on freshman foreign language
problems. -- [196?]
Case 66 File 8 Department of Geology. -- [196?]
Case 66 File 9 Department of German. -- 1966
Case 66 File 10 University Government. -- 1966
Case 67 File 1 Graham, D.S. - Personal brief 5 May, 1966. --
1966
Case 67 File 2 Department of History. -- 1966
Case 67 File 3 The Humanities. -- [196?]
Case 67 File 4 Certain interdisciplinary studies (Dr.
Milham). -- 1966
Case 67 File 5 Faculty of Law. -- 1965-1966
Case 67 File 6 UNB Bonar Law-Bennett Library. -- 1965-1966
Case 67 File 7 Department of Mathematics. -- 1966
Case 67 File 8 The Question of a medical school. -- [196?]
Case 67 File 9 School of Nursing. -- 1965
Case 67 File 10 Reception and advising of overseas students. -
- 1966
Case 67 File 11 Parking problem. -- [196?]
Case 67 File 12 Department of Physics. -- 1965-1966
Case 67 File 13 Department of Psychology. -- 1966
Case 67 File 14 Physical Education Department. -- [196?]
Case 68 File 1 The Provincial Archives in relation to the
University. -- [196?]
Case 68 File 2 RPC - Research and Productivity Council. --
1964-1965
Case 68 File 3 Residence Programme. -- 1963-1966
Case 68 File 4 Department of Romance Languages. -- 1966
Case 68 File 5 Saint John Branch - U.N.B. -- 1963-1966
Case 68 File 6 School of Graduate Studies. -- 1965
Case 68 File 7 Faculty of Science. -- 1966
Case 68 File 8 History of Science. -- 1958; 1965
Case 68 File 9 Secretarial services - U.N.B. -- 1966
Case 68 File 10 Social Science Research. -- 1964-1965
Case 68 File 11 School of Social Work. -- [196?]
Case 69 File 1 Student Christian movement. -- 1966
Case 69 File 2 Student Representative Council. -- 1965-1966
Case 69 File 3 Summer School. -- 1965
Case 69 File 4 Surveying Engineering. -- 1965
Case 69 File 5 Miscellaneous. -- 1966
Case 69 File 6 Miscellaneous reports, briefs, etc. -- 1956;
1964-1966
Case 70 File 1 Stencil sheets for Cmss. report. -- [196?]
Case 70 File 2 History miscellaneous. -- 1955; 1966
Case 70 File 3 [Report of the Commission on the Future of the
University - Drafts]. -- 1966
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