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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.
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.
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.
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.
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
2/9/1973
Chronological by academic year and alphabetical by department and division thereunder
Annual reports submitted to the Dean's Office by department and division heads and curators of the Natural History Museum and Classical and European Culture Museum including the general LAS annual report submitted to the University President. Subjects discussed in these reports include general evaluations of departmental enrollment; staff and departmental administration; building programs; undergraduate and graduate instruction in respect to degrees, scholarship support, courses and curricula, advising, honors program, special problems, scientific research and publications; staff honors and activities, special programs and events and placement.