Holdings Graduate College Dean's Office Faculty Appointment File Finding Aid Title: Faculty Appointment File, 1918-1990
ID: 7/1/3
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate College
Extent: 28.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological then alphabetical
Subjects: Faculty, Graduate College
Languages: English
Application Files for faculty members (1949-90) requesting appointment to the Graduate College Faculty for the purpose of teaching graduate level courses include Summary Form for Recommendation for Appointment to Graduate Faculty, resumes, publications lists, letters of recommendation, and correspondence regarding Graduate College Executive Committee action on applications. Faculty Appointments (1918-81), including appointments, one-year appointments, full standing appointments and "duration of the war" appointments to the Graduate faculty. All appointments are signed by the Secretary of the faculty on behalf of the Graduate School and approved by the executive faculty. The file includes recommendations forms, vitas, letters of recommendation and notifications.
The first students to do graduate work enrolled in 1877, leading to the awarding of the first master's degree in 1878.1 However, a graduate program was not set up until 1891.2 The Graduate School was formally organized in 1907, after appropriation of funds by the Illinois General Assembly.3 Its name was changed to the Graduate College in 1947, in anticipation of its new significance in the University organization.4 In 1968, the Board of Trustees provided for separate Graduate Colleges on each of three University campuses.5 The Graduate College has the responsibility of developing and safeguarding standards of graduate work and promoting and assisting research by faculty members.6 It provides assistance and supervision to other degree-granting units on the campus.7
In 1974, the Board of Trustees added the title of Vice Chancellor for Research to Dean of the Graduate College to more accurately describe the responsibilities vested in the college.8
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--7/2 Executive Committee
1. Dietz, Frederick C., History of the Graduate College, (carbon typescript, 1957), p. 3.
2. Ibid., p. 5.
3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 24th Report, June 10, 1907, p. 133.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, October 30, 1947, p. 885.
5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, January 17, 1968, p. 884-885.
6. University Statutes, 1972, p. 19-20.
7. Graduate College Catalog, 1976-78, p. 9.
8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, June 19, 1974, p. 581.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0701003.pdf
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