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Collection Number: 40041

Collection Title: Office of the Associate Provost for Educational and Support Services of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1980-1995

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Size 10.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8500 items)
Abstract The position of Associate Provost for Educational and Support Services began in 1985 with the appointment of Marianne K. Smythe as Acting Assistant Provost (the title was not officially conferred until November 1988). The position's responsibilities included overseeing a number of University units that previously had reported directly to the Provost, as well as representing the Provost on several University committees and task forces. Carol Reuss succeeded Smythe in 1987 and served until 1994. During that time, the duties of the position remained roughly the same, though the units supervised changed somewhat. The records consist of correspondence and other files of Smythe and Reuss relating to the operations of the following units of the University: the Ackland Art Museum, the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Division of Continuing Education, the Highway Safety Research Center, the Institute for Research in Social Science, the Morehead Planetarium, the National Paideia Center, the North Carolina Botanical Garden, and the Summer School. Also significant are files relating to Reuss's service on the University's Minority Task Force, which was concerned with undergraduate recruitment.
Creator University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Associate Provost for Educational and Support Services.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.
Language English
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[Identification of item], in the Office of the Associate Provost for Educational and Support Services of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40041, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Updated in January 2018; by Nancy Kaiser in February 2020

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The position of Assistant/Associate Provost for Educational and Support Services began in 1985 with the appointment of Marianne K. Smythe as Acting Assistant Provost. The responsibilities of the position included oversight of several Academic Affairs units that had previously reported directly to the Provost. Initially these included the Division of Extension and Continuing Education (later renamed Division of Continuing Education), the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the Ackland Art Museum, the Institute for Research in Social Science, the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (which became part of the Department of City and Regional Planning in 1988), the Morehead Planetarium, the Highway Safety Research Center, and the Media and Instructional Support Center (disbanded in 1986). In addition to supervising these units, the Assistant Provost acted as the Provost's representative on several uuniversity committees and task forces, including the Minority Task Force, which was concerned with undergraduate recruitment.

Carol Reuss succeeded Smythe as Assistant Provost on 1 July 1987. In November 1988, the title of her position was changed to Associate Provost for Educational and Support Services to reflect Chancellor Paul Hardin's redefinition of the Office of Provost. Also around this time, administrative responsibility for the new National Center for the Paideia Program was assigned to the position. Effective 1 September 1990, however, the Paideia Program was moved to the School of Education. In December 1990, the Institute for Research in Social Science and the Highway Safety Research Center began reporting to the Associate Provost and Dean of Research. (Still later the Highway Safety Research Center moved to the Division of Health Affairs.)

Carol Reuss continued as Associate Provost for Educational and Support Services until 1 July 1994, when she was succeeded by Marilyn V. Yarbrough. At that time, the Associate Provost had oversight of the Ackland Art Museum, Morehead Planetarium, Division of Continuing Education, Summer School, and the Center for Teaching and Learning. She also has responsibilities involving space allocation, quality improvement strategies, the reaccreditation process, and new public service initiatives.

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Records include correspondence and other files of Smythe and Reuss relating to the operations of the following units of the University: the Ackland Art Museum, the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Division of Continuing Education, the Highway Safety Research Center, the Institute for Research in Social Science, the Morehead Planetarium, the National Paideia Center, the North Carolina Botanical Garden, and the Summer School. Also significant are files relating to Reuss's service on the University's Minority Task Force, which was concerned with undergraduate recruitment.

The records currently in the University Archives deal primarily with the activities of Smythe and Reuss through 1992 and do not reflect more recent changes in the Associate Provost's responsibilities.

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Contents list

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Box 1:1

General Correspondence, 1985-1993

General Correspondence, 1993-1994

From RT 20171219.1.

Administrative/Advisory Boards, Study of, 1989; 1991

Bridges: Academic Leadership Program for Women, 1992-1993

Brogden Middle School/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Partnership, 1989-1991; 1993

Budget Crisis, 1990-1991

Center for the Study of the American South, 1990-1993 (includes Ad hoc Committee to Establish; see also Southern Studies Working Group, below)

Committees: Cable Channel Access, 1988

Committees: Campus Security Committee: (see also Security, Ad hoc Committee on, below)

Committees: Campus Security Committee: General, 1992-1993

Committees: Campus Security Committee: Unit Security Reports, 1992

Committees: Minority Task Force: General, 1987-1989

Committees: Minority Task Force: Advertising Campaign, 1987-1988

Committees: Minority Task Force: Consent Decree Memoranda, 1987-1988

Committees: Minority Task Force: Reports and Statistics, 1986-1988

Box 1:2

Committees: Performing Arts and Special Activities Fund Committee, 1980-1993

Committees: Performing Arts Center: General, 1987-1988

Committees: Performing Arts Center: Architect's Preliminary Report, August, 1988

Committees: Security, Ad hoc Committee on, 1988-1989

(see also Campus Security Committee, above)

Committees: Southern Studies Working Group, 1989-1992

(see also Center for the Study of the American South, above)

Committees: University Communication Council, 1988

Library: Manuscripts Department, 1989-1993

(see also Center for the Study of the American South, above)

North Carolina High School Athletic Association, 1977; 1985-1989

Planning, 1990-1991

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Box 2:1

Ackland Art Museum: General, 1985-1993

Ackland Art Museum: Advisory Committee, 1986-1992

Ackland Art Museum: Annual Reports, 1986-1989

Ackland Art Museum: Budget and Finance, 1986-1993

Ackland Art Museum: Development, 1990-1993

Ackland Art Museum: Director, Appointments, Evaluations, etc., 1986; 1991-1993

Ackland Art Museum: Personnel and Staffing Issues, 1986-1993 (see also Development)

Ackland Art Museum: Planning, 1990-1992

Ackland Art Museum: Renovation, 1986-1989

Ackland Art Museum: Space, 1992-1993

(see also Ackland Art Museum: Planning, above)

Continuing Education, Division of: General, 1984-1993

(previously Division of Extension and Continuing Education; name changed in 1991)

Continuing Education, Division of: Administrative Board, 1985-1993

Continuing Education, Division of: Annual Reports, 1983-1987; 1989-1991

Continuing Education, Division of: Budget and Finance, 1985-1993

(includes discussion of user fees; see also Personnel and Staffing Issues, below)

Box 2:2

Continuing Education, Division of: Continuing Education Center: General, 1984-1993

(The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education)

Continuing Education, Division of: Continuing Education Center: Building Conference Centers Committee, 1985-1988

Continuing Education, Division of: Continuing Education Center: Conferences and Institutes: General, 1992-1993

Continuing Education, Division of: Continuing Education Center: Conferences and Institutes: Carolina Publishing Institute, 1992-1993

Continuing Education, Division of: Continuing Education Center: Construction, 1988-1991

Continuing Education, Division of: Continuing Education Center: Equipment and Furnishings, 1987-1990

(including Technology)

Continuing Education, Division of: Groundbreaking and Dedication, 1988-1991

Continuing Education, Division of: Health Affairs Continuing Education Center Operations Committee, 1987-1988

Continuing Education, Division of: Personnel and Staffing Issues, 1987-1992

Continuing Education, Division of: Policy Board, 1989-1993

Continuing Education, Division of: Responses to Planning Questionnaire, 1986

Continuing Education, Division of: Use Policy, 1989-1990

(includes Policy on Alcoholic Beverages)

Continuing Education, Division of: Working Group I, 1985-1986

Continuing Education, Division of: Working Group II, 1986-1987

Continuing Education, Division of: Continuing Studies: General, 1983-1986; 1988-1993

(Previously Evening College; name changed in 1991)

Continuing Education, Division of: Continuing Studies: Evening College Review Committee: General, 1988-1989

Continuing Education, Division of: Continuing Studies: Evening College Review Committee: Final Report, March, 1989

Continuing Education, Division of: Developmental Disabilities Training Institute: General, 1985, 1988-1989; 1991

Continuing Education, Division of: Developmental Disabilities Training Institute: Budget and Finance, 1986; 1988; 1991

Continuing Education, Division of: Director, Appointments, Evaluations, and Related Material, 1985-1986; 1989-1993

(Includes 1989 Search Committee)

Box 2:3

Continuing Education, Division of: Extension and Continuing Education Committee: General, 1987-1988

Continuing Education, Division of: Extension and Continuing Education Committee: Final Report, April, 1988

Continuing Education, Division of: Independent Studies, Department of, 1985-1990

(Previously the Department of Independent Study; name changed in 1991)

Continuing Education, Division of: Internal Audit and Follow-Up Review, 1984-1991

Continuing Education, Division of: Off-Campus Degree Programs, 1989-1992

Continuing Education, Division of: Personnel and Staffing Issues, 1986-1993

(See also Continuing Education Center: Personnel and Staffing Issues)

Continuing Education, Division of: Planning, 1988; 1990-1992

Continuing Education, Division of: Provost's Committee on Continuing Education: General, 1984-1986

(The Ferrell Committee)

Continuing Education, Division of: Provost's Committee on Continuing Education: Sadler Report/Faculty Questionnaire Responses, 1985

Continuing Education, Division of: Provost's Committee on Continuing Education: Final Report, 1986

Continuing Education, Division of: Teleclasses, 1984-1986

(Offered via MCNC Communications System)

Highway Safety Research Center, 1988-1990

Institute for Research in Social Science: General, 1982-1990

(Contains information about Computer Assisted Panel Survey)

Institute for Research in Social Science: Director Review, 1986-1987

Institute for Research in Social Science: Review Committee: General, 1987-1988

(See related correspondence in Director Review file)

Institute for Research in Social Science: Review Committee: Final Report, 1987

Morehead Planetarium: General, 1986-1993

Morehead Planetarium: Astronauts' Visit, 1987-1989

Morehead Planetarium: Budget and Finance, 1985-1993

Morehead Planetarium: Director, Appointments, Evaluations, and Related Material, 1986-1988; 1992-1993

Morehead Planetarium: Facility Use Policies, 1987-1992

(See also General)

Morehead Planetarium: Personnel and Staffing Issues, 1986-1991

Morehead Planetarium: Planning, 1990-1991

Morehead Planetarium: Visitor Center, 1985-1992

Box 2:4

North Carolina Botanical Garden: General, 1986-1993

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Administrative Board, 1985-1993

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Annual Reports, 1986-1989; 1992

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Director, Appointments, Evaluations, and Related Material, 1986-1992

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Foundation, 1986-1993

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Horticultural Therapy Program, 1986-1992

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Mason Portraits, 1989-1991

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Natural Heritage Program, 1986-1990

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Paul Green Cabin, 1989-1992

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Personnel and Staffing Issues, 1985-1990; 1992

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Planning: General, 1990-1993

North Carolina Botanical Garden: Planning: Master Plan, 1988-1990; 1992

Box 2:5

Paideia Program, National Center for the: General, 1988-1991

Paideia Program, National Center for the: Advisory Board, 1987-1990

Paideia Program, National Center for the: Annual Report, 1989

Paideia Program, National Center for the: Grant Proposals, 1989-1990

Summer School: General, 1987-1993

Summer School: Administrative Board, 1988-1993

Summer School: Annual Report, 1991

Summer School: Budget and Finance, 1990-1993

(see also Tuition and Fees)

Summer School: Dean, 1986-1987; 1992-1993

(Title change from Director, 1988)

Summer School: Marketing materials, 1995

Acquisitions Information: Records Transfer 20200130.2

Summer School: Personnel and Staffing Issues, 1990-1992

Summer School: Planning, 1990-1991

Summer School: Summer School Study Abroad, 1986-1989; 1992-1993

Summer School: Summer Session Study Committee, 1986

Summer School: Tuition and Fees, 1988-1993

Teaching and Learning, Center for: General, 1989-1993

Teaching and Learning, Center for: Budget and Finance, 1989-1993

Teaching and Learning, Center for: Director, Appointments, Evaluations, and Related Material, 1989-1993

Teaching and Learning, Center for: English as a Second Language (ESL): Instruction, 1991-1993

(Includes information regarding international teaching assistants)

Teaching and Learning, Center for: Personnel and Staffing Issues, 1988; 1990-1993

Teaching and Learning, Center for: Planning, 1990-1991

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