Holdings Graduate College Dean's Office Illinois Studies in the Soc... Finding Aid Holdings Graduate College Dean's Office Illinois Studies in the Soc... Finding Aid Title: Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, 1912, 1977
ID: 7/1/810
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate College
Extent: 4.4 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological
Subjects: Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Social Science, Sociology
Languages: English
Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, published under the auspices of the Graduate College, containing book-length monographs written by faculty and graduate students of the University of Illinois and covering a wide range of topics in history, economics, political science, sociology and geography.
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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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/0701810.pdf
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