In 1893, the duties associated with admissions, registration, and student records were transferred from the Regent to the newly formed Office of the Registrar.1 By 1916, according to the Annual Budget, the office consisted of four administrative divisions: Admissions, Records, Statistics and General Assistants. In 1947, the Office of the Registrar became the Office of Admissions and Records.2 The director was responsible for correspondence with prospective students, judgment on student credentials, supervision of entrance examinations, assessment of fees and record maintenance.3 In 1956, the director's title was changed to the Dean of Admissions.4 With a university-wide administrative decentralization program initiated in 1965, each of the three campuses had an admissions director.5 Although records and admissions were handled at each campus, overall coordination and policy recommendation were retained by the University Dean of Admissions and Records. In 1968, the deanship was dropped in favor of the newly designated staff officer, Director of the University Office of School and College Relations.6 In 1970, the campus deans' titles changed to Director of Admissions and Records.7 The Division of Admissions is responsible for undergraduate admissions, school-university relations, and central processing of applicants.8
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 17th Report, Sept. 12, 1893, p. 166.
2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, August 5, 1947, p. 495.
3. Ibid., p. 495.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 48th Report, May 22, 1956, p. 1055.
5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 53rd Report, April 23, 1965, p. 497.
6. "Report by Vice President E.L. Johnson on Administrative Reorganization," Faculty Letter, #174, April 7, 1969, p. 4.
7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 55th Report, April 15, 1970, p. 885.
8. Information gained by visiting the Office of Admissions and Records, September 14, 1977.
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