Community Concerns Committee records

Collection

Identifier: GOV-0006-002

Staff Only

Collection Statement

Arranged in chronological order, this collection has community concerns for every year from 1968 through 1979.

Dates

1968 - 1979

Creator

DePauw University. Community Concerns Committee (Organization)

Access Restrictions

All or part of this collection is restricted.

Usage Restrictions

Historical Sketch

A principal demand of many students was for relaxation of the university's social and parietal regulations, especially in regard to closing hours for women's residences and coed visitation privileges. After a series of confrontations with student groups during the 1968-69 academic year, the administration made significant concessions on these questions that virtually ended the university's longstanding in loco parentis role. The board of trustees authorized the creation of a Community Concerns Committee composed of students, faculty, administration and trustees which was to approve "all basic policies and minimum standards, enforcement procedures, and responsibilities relating to the social activities and other nonacademic interests and pursuits of the DePauw students."