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Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)

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1 A new president at the helm
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.103 		7/1/1995 Biographical sketch of Malcolm Price; President Price's initial views and objectives; photo.
2 Accreditation and celebration
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.28 		7/1/1995 The Teachers College is recognized and accredited by national organizations; several surveys of the work of the college are undertaken; the college celebrates its 60th anniversary; photo.
3 Administrative changes and departmental reorganization
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.311 		7/1/1995 Detailed look at the break-up of the old, large departments into smaller, more discrete units; list of those who headed the old and new departments; photo.
4 Administrative reorganization
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.201 		7/1/1995 President Maucker seeks to resolve matters of faculty governance and authority; organizes and establishes administrative lines for units in Division of Field Services.
5 Capital improvements, 1950-1970
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.333 		7/1/1995 A survey of new and renovated classroom, administrative, dormitory, and service buildings; new art on campus; the Lechay painting; the NAR; photo.
6 Changes in the administrative structure, staff, and procedures
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.407 		7/1/1995 President Kamerick sets up divisions under vice presidents; Provost Martin engages in debate over tenure and promotion standards; photo.
7 Collective bargaining
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.428 		7/1/1995 Detailed account of legal actions and negotiations leading to the election of a faculty bargaining agent; photo.
8 Colloquia on teacher education
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.205 		7/1/1995 The college holds colloquia for school superintendents.
9 Continued protest and concern on and off campus
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.294 		7/1/1995 Students organize and protest; some legislators demand order on campus; photo.
10 Controversial speakers program
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.354 		7/1/1995 A survey of the speakers who came to campus under this program; the reaction to the speakers; photo.
11 Curriculum and related matters, 1940-1950
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.132 		7/1/1995 Detailed coverage of curriculum change, especially the movement to reformulate general education.
12 Efforts to evaluate and improve the teaching-learning process
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.189 		7/1/1995 The college studies the effectiveness of its teaching; cooperation with other institutions; photo.
13 Enlarging and beautifying the campus and physical plant
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.44 		7/1/1995 President Latham's construction and landscaping programs prosper despite the Depression; photo.
14 Enrollment and staffing
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.151 		7/1/1995 Meeting the challenge of post-war enrollment increases; photo.
15 Enrollment: the "explosion" in the Sixties
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.304 		7/1/1995 the factors which led to the extraordinary growth in enrollment in the 1960s; the effects of the growth on campus facilities and services; photo.
16 Faculty affairs
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.317 		7/1/1995 A look at salary schedules, fringe benefits, faculty loads, faculty governance, and faculty organizations in the 1950s and 1960s; photo.
17 Financial concerns, 1970-1976
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.389 		7/1/1995 UNI administrators battle in the General Assembly and with the Regents for adequate funds; questions about the future of the Laboratory School.
18 Financial matters
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.145 		7/1/1995 Meeting the challenge of post-war inflation; developing the residence hall system; starting the Price Lab School complex; photo.
19 General activism and unrest on and off campus
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.278 		7/1/1995 President Maucker attempts to work with students to deal with civil rights and discrimination concerns; students stage march in Cedar Falls; photo.
20 Graduate work at the Teachers College
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.185 		7/1/1995 The College establishes the framework for graduate study; photo.
21 Institutional evaluation and administrative change
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.17 		7/1/1995 The college receives accreditation from the North Central Association; President Latham organizes publicity, research, alumni services, and placement; institution of the Faculty Senate and changes in faculty governance; the role of religion; photo.
22 Latham at the helm
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.6 		7/1/1995 Biographical sketch of O. R. Latham; his first days on campus; early objectives; photo.
23 Legislative study committee
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.357 		7/1/1995 A committee of legislators visits campus and makes recommendations related to curtailing expenditures.
24 Major curriculum changes
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.193 		7/1/1995 President Maucker attempts to include a greater exposure to international views into the curriculum with conferences and expanded foreign language and culture courses; photo.
25 Minority group relations at SCI/UNI
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.255 		7/1/1995 Detailed account of attempts by the UNI administration to recruit and relate to African-American students; photo.
26 Non-academic staff
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.323 		7/1/1995 The growth of various categories of UNI employment; Physical Plant employees organize; institution of the Merit System; photo.
27 Other major administrative, service, and curricular changes
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.234 		7/1/1995 The college adopts the semester plan to begin in summer, 1957; changes in student teaching supervision include resumption of work in Cedar Falls schools; institution of honors program and work with provisional students; photo.
28 President Price resigns; an assessment
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.169 		7/1/1995 Tributes to President Price's achievements; photo.
29 President Price's goal for the Iowa State Teachers College
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.160 		7/1/1995 President Price believes that teacher education is still the appropriate role for the college.
30 President's background and experience
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.379 		7/1/1995 Biographical sketch of President Kamerick; initial goals and challenges; photo.
31 Program, personnel, and other changes
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.50 		7/1/1995 President Latham determines the appropriate role for extension and consultant service; alters and strengthens curriculum; considers graduate study; student voice anti-war sentiments; photo.
32 Radio and television at Iowa State Teachers College
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.163 		7/1/1995 The beginnings of radio and television at the college, including the controversy with KXEL.
33 Regents' policies on campus disturbances
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.385 		7/1/1995 The Regents and President Kamerick establish procedures for dealing with campus disorder.
34 Seeking to meet the institution's financial needs
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.325 		7/1/1995 UNI's relations with the General Assembly; rising costs for students and increased financial aid; the university begins to seek federal grants for various programs; photo.
35 Seeking to solve the state teacher shortage
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.202 		7/1/1995 Attempts by the college to recruit prospective teachers; photo.
36 Services extending beyond the campus: Extension Service; Continuing Education; the church; the UNI Foundation
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.359 		7/1/1995 Extension services designed to meet needs of growing enrollment; efforts in radio and television; a brief history of the last years of the CHIC; early efforts of the UNI Foundation; photo.
37 Setting new standards for faculty preparation, professorial rank, and retirement
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.12 		7/1/1995 President Latham takes initial steps to improve faculty credentials, regularize the system of faculty rank, and define the possibilities for faculty retirement; photo.
38 Staffing
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.309 		7/1/1995 The difficulties in recruiting and retaining highly-qualified faculty in the 1950s and 1960s; photo.
39 Student and faculty life at ISTC
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.68 		7/1/1995 History of student publications, debate, drama, music, and athletics during the Latham administration; photo.
40 Student and faculty life at the Teachers College in the Forties
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.165 		7/1/1995 Recreation, speech, debate, and drama during the 1940s; photo.
41 Student social life
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.90 		7/1/1995 Brief look at etiquette and Greek organizations in the 1930s; photo.
42 Teaching load hassle--1970
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.387 		7/1/1995 Senator Messerly and Representative Grassley study the workload of UNI faculty; photo.
43 The Childress affair and its implication for academic freedom
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.299 		7/1/1995 Detailed account of the assignment in which Mr. Childress used taboo words and the public reaction to the assignment.
44 The climactic end of the Sixties
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.367 		7/1/1995 The close of the spring semester, 1970; reaction to the fighting in Cambodia; arrangements for ending the semester.
45 The death of President O. R. Latham
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.96 		7/1/1995 President Latham's last days; tributes to his achievements; photo.
46 The Depression years
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.1 		7/1/1995 General economic and political background as the college entered the 1930s under new leadership; photo.
47 The development of a retirement policy
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.158 		7/1/1995 The college begins participation in the TIAA plan; photo.
48 The Educational Policies Commission
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.154 		7/1/1995 The foundation and role of the EPC; its early work; its relationship with college administrators; photo.
49 The evolution of the institution
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.212 		7/1/1995 Establishing the PDL system; defeat of an honor system; the theft and cheating ring; coordination with the other Regents universities; the change from ISTC to SCI and then to UNI; the organization of the colleges; photo.
50 The fiscal crisis of the Thirties
Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.37 		7/1/1995 The college faces a difficult financial picture, with a decline in enrollment, salary cuts, and strict economies in operations; photo.

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