Holdings Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Office President's Office Correspo... Finding Aid Holdings Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Office President's Office Correspo... Finding Aid Title: President's Office Correspondence, 1921-31, 1946-64, 1966-67
ID: 15/1/9
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Extent: 2.3 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological
Subjects: Athletics, English Department, Faculty, Fine Arts, Medical Education, Military Training
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Correspondence of deans with presidents and presidential assistants concerning administrative policies, appointments budget, special appropriations, leaves of absence, permission to leave campus early, research appropriations, special committees, promotions, new department heads, salaries, recommendations, commencement speakers, College of Medicine, McKinley Hospital, plans to establish a College of Fine Arts (1927), academic conferences, records of support for federal educational programs, educational association meetings and related matters.
Before 1921, correspondence with the President's Office is in R.S. 15/1/5.
The dean's office of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was formed in 1913, when the College of Literature and the Arts and the College of Science were combined.1
The primary duties of the dean are that of chief executive officer of the college and agent of the college faculty for the execution of the college educational policy. Among his other duties, the dean calls and presides over faculty meetings, makes faculty appointments and promotions, prepares the budget, and oversees the registration of the students.2
Under the dean are the four schools (Life Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Chemical Sciences) and 75 fields of study which comprise the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.3 This includes the administration of the General Curriculum, which was formerly the Division of General Studies, and is for freshmen and sophomores who have not chosen a field of study yet.4
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 27th Report, March 11, 1913, p. 200.
2. Faculty Handbook of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1968-69, p. 10.
3. Undergraduate Programs, 1977-79, p. 313-14.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, April 17, 1968, p. 996.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1501009.pdf
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