North Carolina State University, Graduate School, Office of the Dean Records
UA 115.001
Special Collections Research Center
19.5 Linear feet
1914-2004
The records of the Office of the Dean in the Graduate School at North Carolina State University consist of two series, which include general administrative records and graduate program review records. Materials within this subgroup include correspondence, reports, financial reports, and administrative materials that relate to the governing of the Graduate School, and range in date from 1914 to 2004.
Graduate instruction began at North Carolina State University in 1893, with the first Master's degree conferred in 1894, and the first doctoral degree confered in 1926. Since that time, the Graduate School has grown steadily and has provided instruction and facilities for advanced study and research in the fields of agriculture and life sciences, design, education, engineering, natural resources, humanities and social sciences, management,physical and mathematical sciences, textiles, and veterinary medicine.
38 archival boxes, 1 card box
North Carolina State University. Graduate School.
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Transferred from North Carolina State University, Graduate School.
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Historical Note
Graduate instruction began at North Carolina State University in 1893, with the first Master's degree conferred in 1894, and the first doctoral degree conferred in 1926. Since that time, the Graduate School has grown steadily and has provided instruction and facilities for advanced study and research in the fields of agriculture and life sciences, humanities and social sciences, management, physical and mathematical sciences, textiles, and veterinary medicine.
As of 2010, North Carolina State University's Graduate School offers over 160 Master's degrees and more than 60 doctoral degrees and is a nationally recognized leader in all traditional disciplines as well as emerging disciplines, including genomics, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, natural resources, and geographic imaging science. The graduate program includes nearly 3500 full-time masters students, and more than 2600 PhD candidates. In addition, over 300 students are pursuing degrees as Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, and 900 advanced degree students are enrolled in various North Carolina State lifelong learning programs.
Scope and Content Note
The Office of the Dean Records for the Graduate School at North Carolina State University contain correspondence, reports, graduate guidelines and financial projections relating to the administration of the Graduate School. Records include a thesis manual, graduate research grants and proposals, and materials pertaining to the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, the Research Triangle Institute, the Executive Council of the Consolidated University, African American student programs, the Western Electric Company, the American Council on Education, and The Southern Regional Education Board.
Graduate Program reviews contain correspondence and reports relating to the department reviews of the graduate programs. Graduate reports include self-study evaluations as well as external reviews by the North Carolina State University faculty from outside the department. Evaluation reports include statistical data on faculty, students, programs and facilities. Student training, research, and special programs and outreach features are also examined. In addition, each department's goals, regional, national, and international rankings are examined in order for the graduate school to provide innovative degree programs.
Materials range in date from 1914 to 2004.
Organization of the Collection
The records of the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School are organized into two series:
[General Administrative Records](ref3) and
[Graduate Program Reviews](ref220). Records are arranged alphabetically by topic or title within each series.
North Carolina State University--Administration.
North Carolina State University. Graduate School.
Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Administration
Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Graduate work
General Administrative Records
Series 1
8.5 Linear feet
1914-1994
17 archival boxes
Scope and Content Note
The General Administrative series contains correspondence, reports, general graduate guidelines, and budget projections related to the administration and general activities of the Graduate School. Included within the series are materials that relate to the graduate student population ranging from admission, application, minority retention, financial aid and fellowships, as well as program planning and monitoring of academic progress. The series reflects the changes in and growth of the Graduate School, as it mirrors the university's growth, from a small college near the turn of the century to an entity that encompasses remote education, international courses, and expanded professional degrees. Materials in the General Administrative Records series range in date from 1914 to 1994.
Administration -- Graduate School
1
1
1957-1971
Administration -- Graduate School
1
2
1973-1985
Administrative Board of the Graduate School
1
3
1972
Administrative Council on Graduate Studies
1
4
1935-1946
Admission
1
5
1941-1952
Admission Requirements
1
6
1983-1987
Advisement and Advisory Committees
1
7
1954-1973
Agricultural Extension Service
1
8
1936-1956
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1
9
1959-1960
American Council on Education
1
10
1963-1972
Applications
1
11
1966-1988
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
1
12
1936-1947
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
2
1
1951-1954
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
2
2
1955-1956
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
2
3
1959-1965
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
2
4
1965-1974
Association of Southern Agricultural Workers
2
5
1939-1940
Audit Report: A Review of the Counseling Center
2
6
1984
Budget -- Cost of Education Funds
2
7
1959-1968
Budget -- Cost of Education Funds
2
8
1968-1972
Budget -- Overhead Funds Distribution
2
9
1969
Budget Proposal
2
10
1924-1938
Bureau of Economic and Social Research Projects
2
11
1927-1928
Catalog Materials
3
1
1924-1973
Chancellor's Agenda (1)
3
2
1991-1992
Chancellor's Agenda (2)
3
3
1991-1992
Colleges and Schools -- Agriculture School
3
4
1925-1963
Colleges and Schools -- Agriculture reports
3
5
1939-1940
Colleges and Schools -- Design School
3
6
1967-1976
Colleges and Schools -- Education School
3
7
1924-1979
Colleges and Schools -- Engineering School
3
8
1932-1955
Colleges and Schools -- Engineering School
3
9
1957-1984
Colleges and Schools -- Forest Resources School
3
10
1970
Colleges and Schools -- General Studies School (English Department)
3
11
1941-1942
Colleges and Schools -- General Studies School
3
12
1952-1955
Colleges and Schools -- General Studies School (Modern Languages)
3
13
1941-1943
Colleges and Schools -- Liberal Arts School
4
1
1966-1977
Colleges and Schools -- Mathematics School
4
2
1957-1967
Colleges and Schools -- Textile School
4
3
Commencement
4
4
1941
Commencement
4
5
1943
Commencement
4
6
1948
Commencement
4
7
1949
Commencement
4
8
1950
Commencement
4
9
1950
Commencement
4
10
1951
Commencement
4
11
1952
Committee Report: Report of the Committee on Investment in Graduate Education
4
12
1994
Community Service
4
13
1966
Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools -- Correspondence
4
14
1935-1952
Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools -- Minutes
4
15
1935-1947
Conference of North Carolina Academy of Science
4
16
1953-1964
Consent Degree
4
17
1982-1989
Consolidation of Schools
5
1
1931-1934
Consolidation of Schools
5
2
1935-1945
Correspondence -- Consolidated University of North Carolina
5
3
1958-1972
Correspondence -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5
4
1951-1974
Council of Graduate Schools in the United States
5
5
1962-1969
Council of Higher Education Institutions (New York)
5
6
1968
Courses
5
7
1923-1924
Course Descriptions and Curricula Changes
5
8
1926-1951
Course Descriptions and Curricula Changes
5
9
1952-1989
Diploma Request Forms
6
1
1981-1984
Enrollment and Degrees Awarded
6
2
1894-1974
Enrollment Planning
6
3
1975-1983
Enrollment Report
6
4
1992-1993
Examinations
6
5
1941-1975
Extension and Continuing Education Committee
6
6
1961-1981
Extension and Continuing Education Committee
6
7
1985-1989
Faculty Assembly charter of the University of North Carolina
6
8
1973
Faculty, Graduate
6
9
1940-1986
Faculty Meetings
6
10
1928-1963
Faculty Publications -- Lists
6
11
1928-1942
Federal Programs
6
12
1960-1972
Fellowship Applications, Departmental
7
1
1741-1742
Fellowships, E.G. Moss Fellowship in Tobacco Research
7
2
1950-1966
Fellowships, General
7
3
1925-1942
Fellowships, General
7
4
1951-1961
Fellowships, General
7
5
1962-1964
Fellowships, General
7
6
1965-1972
Fellowships, National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
7
7
1966-1972
Fellowships, National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Application (1)
7
8
1965
Fellowships, National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Application (2)
7
9
1965
Fellowships, National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
7
10
1969
Foreign Language Requirements
8
1
1938-1968
Foreign Language Requirements
8
2
1968-1988
Gamma Alpha -- Graduate Scientific Fraternity
8
3
1951
Grades
8
4
1941-1975
Grading Policy
8
5
1956-1981
Grading Policy
8
6
1986-1993
Graduate Assistantships
8
7
1958-1986
Graduate Clubs
8
8
1935
Graduate Education Role
8
9
1955-1984
Graduate Executive Council of the Consolidated University, Correspondence
8
10
1948-1958
Graduate Executive Council of the Consolidated University, Correspondence
8
11
1959
Graduate Executive Council of the Consolidated University, Correspondence
9
1
1960-1965
Graduate Executive Council of the Consolidated University, Correspondence
9
2
1966-1968
Graduate Executive Council of the Consolidated University, Correspondence
9
3
1969-1978
Graduate Executive Council of the Consolidated University, Minutes
9
4
1946-1962
Graduate Executive Council of the Consolidated University, Minutes
9
5
1963-1977
Graduate Faculty Meetings
9
6
1952-1982
Graduate Feeder Scholars Program
9
7
1987-1991
Graduate Holistics Forum
9
8
1970
Graduate Management Committee
9
9
1989-1990
Graduate Manager of Athletics Position
9
10
1936
Graduate Record Examination
9
11
1952-1986
Graduate School, History and Overview
10
1
1914-1956
Graduate School, History and Overview
10
2
1960-1991
Graduate School -- Other Universities
10
3
1941-1970
Graduate School Recuiting CD
10
4
2004
Graduate Students
10
5
1916-1927
Graduate Student Association
10
6
1972-1983
Graduate Students, Foreign
10
7
1952-1968
Graduate Students, Foreign
10
8
1969-1976
Graduate Students, Foreign
10
9
1976-1981
Graduate Students -- Lists
10
10
1915-1943
Graduate Students, Minority
10
11
1951-1996
Graduate Study Committee -- Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), Tullahoma, Tennessee
10
12
Guidelines for Graduate Study
10
13
1941-1990
Honorary Degrees
11
1
1942-1943
Housing
11
2
1968-1976
Indirect Costs -- Proposals
11
3
Lectures
11
4
1956-1991
Master Degree Criteria
11
5
Master Degree Study
11
6
1992
Majors/Minors Requirements
11
7
1959-1984
Majors/Minors Requirements
11
8
1984-1992
Named Professorships (Committee)
11
9
1959-1965
Named Professorships (Committee)
11
10
1965-1981
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council
12
1
1950-1961
National Science Foundation
12
2
1951-1971
National Science Foundation -- Center of Excellence
12
3
1964-1968
National Science Foundation, Yearly Survey
12
4
1966-1970
National Science Foundation, Yearly Survey
12
5
1971-1980
National Technological University
12
6
1985-1990
North Carolina Council on Higher Education for Adults
12
7
1960-1969
North Carolina State University Center for Marine and Coastal Studies
12
8
1975-1977
Off-Campus Programs
12
9
1952-1984
Operations Research Committee
12
10
1964-1969
Peterson, Walter J. (Dean)
13
1
1958-1961
Plan for Graduate Study (Other Colleges)
13
2
1931-1933
Professional Degree Candidates
13
3
1936-1942
Promotion/Tenure/Reappointment Policy
13
4
1952-1990
Prospective Students Correspondence
13
5
1941-1980
Questionaire of Southern Universities
13
6
1932
Recommendations, Personal
13
7
1952-1973
Records Management
13
8
1952-1962
Regional Education Laboratory
13
9
1965
Research
13
10
1932-1963
Research Policy for North Carolina State University
13
11
1953-1961
Research Policy for North Carolina State University
13
12
1975-1993
Registration Information
13
13
1926-1955
Report: Plan of Organization for Self-Evaluation of the Graduate Program at North Carolina State College
13
14
1952-1954
Report: Progress of Graduate Division
13
15
1934-1944
Report: Role and Function of the Graduate School
14
1
1970-1971
Revision to Graduate School Rules and Regulations
14
2
1930-1975
Rights and Responsibility in Graduate Education
14
3
1989
Rights and Responsibility in Graduate Education
14
4
1990-1991
Safety and Health Committee
14
5
1959-1963
Safety and Health Committee
14
6
1964
Safety and Health Committee
14
7
1964-1994
Scholarship for Society Committee
15
1
1973
Selective Service Policy
15
2
1967
Self-Evaluation Program
15
3
1945-1972
Sloan, R.L., Correspondence
15
4
1915-1927
Southern Regional Education Board
15
5
1949-1957
Southern Regional Education Board
15
6
1959-1966
Southern Regional Education Board -- Commission on Graduate Education in the Agricultural Sciences
15
7
1955-1956
Special Talent Certification
15
8
1972-1978
Staff and Faculty Committee of the Community College Advisory Council
15
9
1964-1967
Student files
39
1987-1991
Access to Collection
Student records have restricted access; please contact the Special Collections Research Center for further information.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note
Microfiche
Suggestions for Improvement of Graduate Instruction
15
10
1940-1941
Television Courses
16
1
1960-1990
Thesis Regulation, Correspondence
16
2
1925-1970
Thesis Titles
16
3
1920-1935
Thesis Regulations, Manuals
16
4
1950-1971
Thesis Regulations, Manuals
16
5
1978-1993
Thesis Summaries
16
6
1929-1935
Triangle Universities Licensing Foundation
16
7
1986
Tuition and Fees
16
8
1925-1960
Tuition and Fees
17
1
1961-1973
University of North Carolina
17
2
1972-1986
University of North Carolina
17
3
1987-1993
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
17
4
1958-1970
University Stores Center
17
5
1965
Urban Affairs and Community Services Center
17
6
1969-1979
Western Electric Company
17
7
1952-1953
Western Electric Company
17
8
1953-1971
Graduate Program Reviews
Series 2
10.5 Linear feet
1983-2004
21 archival boxes
Scope and Content Note
The Graduate Program Reviews series contains correspondence and reports relating to the department reviews of the graduate programs, arranged in alphabetical order. Graduate program reviews include internal evaluation involving self-study of the program by the department itself, and an external review by North Carolina State University faculty from outside the department and reviewers from the same field from the university.
Evaluation reports include not only statistical data on faculty, students, programs, and facilities, but also aims of the department concerning student training, research, and special programs and outreach features. Graduate Program Reviews examine the history, degree program objectives, administration, policy, curriculum, and student research. By reviewing individual departments' strengths and weaknesses, the graduate program is better able to reflect the university's significance to the economic and intellectual vitality of the state. Materials in the Graduate Program Reviews series range in date from 1983 to 2004.
Adult and Community College Education (1)
18
1
1986
Adult and Community College Education (2)
18
2
1986
Adult and Community College Education (3)
18
3
1986
Adult and Community College Education
18
4
1986
Adult and Community College Education (5)
18
5
1986
Adult and Community College Education (6)
18
6
1986
Animal Science
19
1
1989
Architecture (1)
19
2
1989
Architecture (2)
19
3
1989
Architecture (3)
19
4
1989
Architecture (1)
19
5
1999
Architecture (2)
19
6
1999
Architecture
19
7
2000
Biochemistry (1)
20
1
1993-1994
Biochemistry (2)
20
2
1993-1994
Biochemistry (3)
20
3
1993-1994
Biochemistry
20
4
2003
Biological and Agricultural Engineering (1)
20
5
1989
Biological and Agricultural Engineering (2)
20
6
1989
Biological and Agricultural Engineering (1)
20
7
1990
Biological and Agricultural Engineering (2)
20
8
1990
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
20
9
1990-1996
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
21
1
1995-1996
Biomathematics
21
2
1988
Botany (1)
21
3
1988
Botany (2)
21
3
1988
Botany (1)
21
4
1997
Botany (2)
21
5
1997-1998
Botany (3)
21
6
1997-1998
Chemistry (1)
22
1
1985
Chemistry (2)
22
2
1985
Civil Engineering (1)
22
3
1987
Civil Engineering (2)
22
4
1987
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
22
5
1989
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP Self-Study Report) (1)
22
6
2003
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP Self-Study Report)(2)
22
7
2003
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP Self-Study Report)(3)
23
1
2003
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP Self-Study Addendum)
23
2
2004
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP)
23
3
2004
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP)- Response
23
4
2004
Counselor Education
23
5
1986-1987
Crop Science Department -- College of Agriculture and Life Science (1)
23
6
2002
Crop Science Department -- College of Agriculture and Life Science (2)
23
7
2002
Crop Science Department -- College of Agriculture and Life Science (3)
24
1
2002
Crop Science Department -- College of Agriculture and Life Science (4)
24
2
2002
Economics (1)
24
3
1993-1994
Economics (2)
24
4
1993-1994
Economics
24
5
1995
Economics -- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (1)
24
6
1993
Economics -- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2)
24
7
1993
Economics -- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
24
8
1985-1993
Economics -- Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics (1)
25
1
2003
Economics -- Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics (2)
25
2
2003
Economics -- Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics (3)
25
3
2003
Educational Administration
25
4
1989
Educational Administration
25
5
1989
Electrical and Computer Engineering
25
6
1987-1988
Electrical and Computer Engineering (2)
26
1
1987-1988
English Department (1)
26
2
1984-1985
English Department (2)
26
3
1984-1985
English Department (3)
26
4
Entomology Department
26
5
1983
Food Science (1)
26
6
1987-1988
Food Science (2)
26
7
1987-1988
Food Science
27
1
1994-1998
Food Science (1)
27
2
1999
Food Science (2)
27
3
1999
Food Science (3)
27
4
1999
Food Science
27
5
1999-2001
History Department (1)
27
6
1989
History Department (2)
27
7
1989
Horticultural Science
28
1
1981
Horticultural Science (1)
28
2
1983-1984
Horticultural Science (2)
28
3
1983-1984
Industrial Design (1)
28
4
2002
Industrial Design (2)
28
5
2002
Industrial Design (3)
28
6
2002
Industrial Design -- Graduate Handbook
28
7
2003
Industrial Engineering (1)
28
8
1989
Industrial Engineering (2)
28
9
1989
Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering Institute
29
1
1990
Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering Institute
29
2
1991
Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering Institute
29
3
1984-1992
Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering Institute
29
4
1992
Liberal Studies (MALS)
29
5
2004
Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science (1)
29
6
1994
Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science (2)
29
7
1994
Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science (3)
29
8
1994
Material Science and Engineering (1)
30
1
1989
Material Science and Engineering (2)
30
2
1989
Mathematics
30
3
1984-1996
Mathematics and Science Education Department
30
4
1985
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (1)
30
5
1982
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2)
30
6
1982
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (3)
30
7
1982
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
30
8
1982-1983
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (1)
30
9
2003
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2)
30
10
2003
Microbiology
31
1
1987
Microbiology
31
2
1992-1993
Microbiology
31
3
1993
Nuclear Engineering
31
4
2000
Nutrition -- Self-Study Report (1)
31
5
1987
Nutrition -- Self-Study Report (2)
31
6
1987
Nutrition
31
7
1988
Occupational Education -- Executive Summary
31
8
1988
Occupational Education -- Self-Study Report (1)
31
9
1988
Occupational Education -- Self-Study Report (2)
31
10
1988
Operations Research -- Self-Study Report
32
1
1995-1996
Operations Research
32
2
1996
Operations Research
32
3
1998
Operations Research
32
4
1997-1999
Physics
32
5
1983
Physiology
32
6
1984
Physiology (1)
32
7
1986-1987
Physiology (2)
32
8
1986-1987
Plant Pathology
33
1
1984
Plant Pathology (1)
33
2
1994
Plant Pathology (2)
33
3
1994
Plant Pathology (3)
33
4
1994
Plant Pathology (4)
33
5
1994
Political Science and Public Administration (1)
33
6
1988-1990
Political Science and Public Administration (2)
33
7
1988-1990
Political Science and Public Administration (3)
34
1
1988-1990
Poultry Science -- Self-Study Report
34
2
1992
Poultry Science -- CSRS Comprehensive Program Review (1)
34
3
1992
Poultry Science -- CSRS Comprehensive Program Review (2)
34
4
1992
Poultry Science -- Self-Study Report
34
5
2000
Poultry Science (1)
34
6
2000
Poultry Science (2)
34
7
2000
Product Design
35
1
1986
Product Design -- Self-Study Report
35
2
1986
Psychology (1)
35
3
1983
Psychology (2)
35
4
1983
Recreation Resources (1)
35
5
1986-1987
Recreation Resources (2)
35
6
1986-1987
Recreation Resources (3)
36
1
1986
Sociology -- Self-Study (1)
36
2
1987
Sociology -- Self-Study (2)
36
3
1987
Sociology
36
4
1988
Sociology and Anthropology (1)
36
5
1999
Sociology and Anthropology (2)
36
6
1999
Soil Science (1)
36
7
1989
Soil Science (2)
36
8
1989
Soil Science
36
9
2004
Statistics (1)
37
1
1987
Statistics (2)
37
2
1987
Statistics (3)
37
3
1987
Textiles
37
4
1983-1984
Toxicology (1)
37
4
1993
Toxicology (2)
37
5
1993
Toxicology
37
6
2003
Veterinary Medicine
38
1
1989
Veterinary Medicine
38
2
1988-1990
Wood and Paper Science
38
3
1988
Wood and Paper Science
38
4
1988-1989
Zoology (1)
38
5
1993
Zoology (2)
38
6
1993
Zoology -- Comprehensive Review (1)
38
7
1993
Zoology -- Comprehensive Review (2)
38
8
1993