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Abstract | Until 1989, the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies was also the dean of the Graduate School with administrative responsibility for the Graduate School and the Office of Research Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The office of dean was established in 1903. In 1932, when the Consolidated University of North Carolina was created, the dean of the Graduate School at Chapel Hill became dean of the Consolidated Graduate School and assumed oversight of graduate programs at the three campuses of the consolidated system. The dean was also adviser on graduate studies to the North Carolina College for Negroes. In 1969, the dean of the Graduate School became vice chancellor and dean and, in 1987, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies and dean of the Graduate School. The administrative responsibilities remained virtually the same. In 1989, the vice chancellorship was eliminated and responsibilities for research and graduate studies were divided between two sssociate provosts. In 1992, it was reestablished as the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies; and the dean of the Graduate School became a separate position. The records include correspondence and other files relating to the organization and administration of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also included are minutes and other files relating to the Administrative Board of the Graduate School at Chapel Hill and some files pertaining to graduate programs at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University (1965)), 1932-1955; Woman's College in Greensboro (later University of North Caroline at Greensboro (1963)), 1939-1955; and North Carolina College for Negroes (later North Carolina College at Durham (1947), then North Carolina Central University (1969)), 1935-1952. There are also a few files on the Office of Research Services at Chapel Hill, formerly Office of Research Administration, which coordinated sponsored research. Individuals who figure significantly in these records include: Alexander Heard, C. Hugh Holman, James C. Ingram, Lyle V. Jones, G. Philip Manire, and John D. O'Connor. |
Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Dean of the Graduate School. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: University Archives Staff, December 1971, December 1972, October 1976, December 1977, February 1979, June 1979, December 1981, February 1982, April 1982, October 1982, January 1983, June 1983, July 1984, September 1984, December 1985, March 1986, October 1986, December 1986, December 1987, February 1988, April 1988, August 1988, May 1992, September 1993, August 1996, September 1997, May 2000, January 2001, October 2008, July 2010, December 2017
Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, 2003
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In 1903, under President Francis P. Venable, a separate Graduate Department was first organized, with a dean as senior administrative officer. At the same time the Faculty Committee on Graduate Study was appointed to serve as a policy-making body for the department. The Graduate Department was renamed the Graduate School in 1907, and in 1920 the Committee on Graduate Study was expanded into the Administrative Board with members appointed by the president from nominations presented by the graduate faculty.
In 1932, following the creation of the Consolidated University system, the dean of the Graduate School at Chapel Hill became the dean of the Consolidated Graduate School and chairman of the Consolidated Graduate Executive Council. The Administrative Board, appointed by the chancellor, continued to serve as the policy-making body for the Graduate School at Chapel Hill. From 1935 until 1952 the dean of the Graduate School also served as an adviser on graduate studies to the North Carolina College at Durham (previously North Carolina College for Negroes, now North Carolina Central University). In 1957 an administrative officer of the Consolidated University was appointed to serve as Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, and the dean of the Graduate School at Chapel Hill no longer had responsibilities at the Consolidated University level.
In 1965 a new position, the vice chancellor for advanced studies and research, was established. At the same time the administration of contract-and-grant-supported research was removed from the Graduate School, and a dean of research administration was appointed. The dean of research administration and the dean of the Graduate School were responsible to the vice chancellor for advanced studies and research; however, the latter position was abolished in 1967. (See the Records of the Vice Chancellor for Advanced Studies and Research in the University Archives.)
In September 1969 the title of the dean of the Graduate School was changed to vice chancellor and dean. On 1 January 1987, the title was further revised to vice chancellor for research and graduate studies and dean of the Graduate School. In 1989, as a cost-saving measure, the vice-chancellorship was eliminated, while the position of dean was retained, reporting now to the provost. In 1992 the vice-chancellorship was recreated as vice chancellor for graduate studies and research, and the dean of the Graduate School was retained as a separate position reporting to the vice chancellor (as of 1996, vice provost). Thus, there were two positions and two offices where, prior to 1989, there had been one.
The administrative location of the dean of research administration (later director of research services) has varied. From 1978 to 1989, the position reported to the vice chancellor for research and graduate studies and dean of the Graduate School. From 1989 to 1992, it reported to the provost and, from 1992 to 2003, to the vice chancellor for graduate studies and research. In 2003 it began reporting to the newly established vice chancellor for research and economic development.
Persons who have held the positions of dean of the Graduate School and vice chancellor and dean have been:
1903-1909 | Charles Alphonso Smith |
1909-1919 | Charles Lee Raper |
1920-1925 | Edwin A. Greenlaw |
1925-1929 | James Finch Royster |
1929-1955 | William Whatley Pierson |
1956-1958 | Arnold K. King, Acting |
1958-1963 | Alexander Heard |
1963-1966 | C. Hugh Holman |
1966-1969 | James C. Ingram |
1969-1979 | Lyle Vincent Jones |
1979-1986 | George Philip Manire |
1987-1988 | John Dennis O'Connor |
1989-1990 | Henry Hursell Dearman, Acting |
1990-1992 | Henry Hursell Dearman |
1992-1995 | Henry Hursell Dearman |
1995-1996 | Craig J. Calhoun, Acting |
1996-2008 | Linda A. Dykstra |
2008- | Steven W. Matson |
The records of the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill include correspondence and other files relating to the organization and administration of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also included are minutes and other files relating to the Administrative Board of the Graduate School at Chapel Hill and some files pertaining to graduate programs at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University (1965)), 1932-1955; Woman's College in Greensboro (later University of North Caroline at Greensboro (1963)), 1939-1955; and North Carolina College for Negroes (later North Carolina College at Durham (1947), then North Carolina Central University (1969)), 1935-1952. There are also a few files on the Office of Research Services at Chapel Hill, formerly Office of Research Administration, which coordinated sponsored research. Individuals who figure significantly in these records include: Alexander Heard, C. Hugh Holman, James C. Ingram, Lyle V. Jones, G. Philip Manire, and John D. O'Connor.
Back to TopThese records contain material reflecting the relationship between the office of the Dean of the Graduate School and the other administrative divisions of the university. For the most part, they do not include information on graduate curricula, degree programs, or the Office of Research Services. Such material will be found in the other series of this record group. This series is divided into ten subseries.
Budgets and Needs, 1958-1965 |
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Box 1:20 |
Capital Improvements, 1958-1961 |
Contracts and Grants, Office of, 1979; 1984; 1987-1988(includes material on United States Public Health Service Institutional Approval System; see also Series 4, Office of Research Services) |
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Long-Range Planning, 1959-1961 |
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Personnel Department, 1965-1980 |
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Radiological Safety Officer, 1959-1962 |
Box 1:25 |
General, 1973-1974; 1976 |
Carolina Symposium, 1959 |
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Housing for Graduate Students, 1958-1968 |
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International Center, 1986-1989; 1992(see also International Programs, Office of, in Subseries 2) |
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Long-Range Planning, 1978 |
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Orientation, 1930-1966 |
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Placement Service, 1963-1970 |
Box 1:25 |
Board of Trustees, 1944-1962 |
This series includes the dean's files relating to the work of the Administrative Board. It is divided into four subseries.
This subseries contains the dean's correspondence and memoranda with and about the Administrative Board and its decisions, minutes of board meetings, and files on the committees of the board.
This subseries contains material relating to the Administrative Board's consideration of the creation and revision of graduate courses and degree programs.
In the fall of 1974, the Graduate School began conducting formal evaluations of all graduate degree programs. Each evaluation includes a self-study prepared by the faculty and students in the program, a critical analysis of the program by a panel of outside consultants, a formal response to the consultants' report by the program's faculty, discussions of the conclusions reached through the above process with the program's chairman and the Program Review Committee of the Graduate School's Administrative Board, and transmittal of the recommendations on the program's future development to appropriate administrative officials for action. The first round of program evaluations was to be completed by 1984. The first two files in this subseries contain a general format for evaluations and a report of progress. Individual evaluations are filed by division (Academic Affairs or Health Affairs), program, and date of visitation.
Some of the Health Affairs program evaluations were conducted as a cooperative effort of the Graduate School and General Administration through the latter's Health Professions Education Program Review project. These evaluations differ in format from those performed solely by the Graduate School; they are filed together as a unit at the end of the Health Affairs section below. General Administration also undertook other systemwide reviews. The records of the Teacher Education Review Program will be found with the other evaluations of the School of Education. Materials related to the review of the Public Affairs and Services Discipline, which includes the programs in Public Administration, Recreation Administration, Social Work, and Criminal Justice will be found in the Academic Affairs section under Public Affairs and Services Discipline.
This series contains the records of the Dean of the Graduate School relating to his duties and responsibilities as dean of the Consolidated University Graduate School and chairman of the Graduate Executive Council. There are general correspondence, minutes, memoranda and reports as well as information about requests for approval of graduate courses and degree programs at North Carolina State College and the Woman's College. Material pertaining to the dean's more recent participation in the University of North Carolina's systemwide graduate programs will be found in Series 1 and in Series 2:4.
The Office of Research Administration was reorganized and became the Office of Research Services on 1 January 1 1983; see also Contracts and Grants in Series 1:4. After 1989 this office no longer reported to the dean of the Graduate School.
Box 4:1 |
Annual Reports, 1959-1990 |
Biohazards Committee, 1976(see also Institutional Biosafety Committee and Recombinant DNA Research Committee, below) |
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Budget and Financial, 1973-1988 |
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Correspondence, 1959-1988 |
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Director, Search for, 1984-1985; 1990-1991 |
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Energy Related Research, 1975-1981 |
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Human Subjects, 1970; 1982-1988 |
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Institutional Biosafety Committee, 1979-1988(see also Biohazards Committee, above, and Recombinant DNA Committee, below) |
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Institutional Grants Committee, 1979; 1986 |
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Patent Committee: Correspondence and General, 1958-1979; 1983-1988(includes All-University Patent Committee) |
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Patent Committee: Minutes, 1966-1967; 1983-1988 |
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Patent Policy, 1949-1950; 1970-1987 |
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Recombinant DNA Research Committee, 1976-1977(see also Biohazards Committee and Institutional Biosafety Committee, above) |
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Research and Training Grants, 1959-1978 |
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Self-Study, 1973 |
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Sponsored Research Policy, 1975 |
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Staff Meeting Minutes, 1988 |
This series consists of self-studies of several graduate programs.
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