NASULGC Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education, 1967-84 | University of Illinois Archives

The Department of Administration and Supervision was created in 1962 in a reorganization plan in the College of Education.¹ In 1973 the name was changed when the Department merged with former programs in Higher Education and Continuing Education. The Department now consists of three Divisions: the Division of Educational Administration and Supervision, the Division of Higher Education and the Division of Continuing Education of Adults.² The Department prepares students for professional positions in educational organizations, and conducts national and regional research programs.³

The Office for the Study of Continuing Professional Education was established in 1973,⁴ and serves as a center for the study of issues in continuing professional education in diverse career fields.⁵

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 52nd Report, October 17, 1962, p. 181-82.

2. College of Education: Leaflets. Division of Continuing Education of Adults and Division of Educational Administration and Supervision, 1976, p. 1.

3. Ibid., p. 4.

4. College of Education: Leaflet. The Office for the Study of Continuing Professional Education, 1976, p. 1.

5. Ibid.