Dean Max W. Sullivan created the committee April 1947, comprised of the Division Chairmen, Registrar, Dean, and Director of Admissions, to discuss curriculum, degree lists, and educational procedures. The committee was to serve as a successor to the Faculty Council’s Curriculum Committee.
Registrar George L. Bradley chaired the monthly meetings (1948-1955). President John R. Frazier served as Chair, 1955-1960, instituting weekly and bi-weekly meetings and an issues oriented agenda supported by reports from faculty and staff, and Dean of the College David L. Strout served as Chair, 1960-1962. The committee disbanded with the reorganization of administrative-faculty committees in 1962.
Closed for 72 years due to the inclusion of student academic records.
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Office of Dean of the College. Dean’s Advisory Committee minute books, Rhode Island School of Design Archives.
Minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, and memos document the activities of the Dean’s Advisory Committee, 1947-1962.
Monthly meetings (1948-1955), dealt primarily with student records: probation lists and change of grades. Additional subjects included curriculum discussions, course schedule changes, prizes and scholarship funds, and lists of degree candidates. Weekly and bi-weekly meetings (1955-1960), had an issues oriented agenda and include reports on educational procedures, curriculum, academic structure, and student conduct.
The Dean’s copies are from Acting Dean William F. Balch, 1949-1951; Dean of Students Frances J. Deignan, 1951-1960; and Dean of the College David L. Strout, 1960-1962. Elisabeth Booher, Secretary to the Dean and Assistant to the President, 1950-1955, prepared the Draft minutes.
Minute books are arranged chronologically.
The records of the Office of the Dean of the College were received in two sections, one from the Fleet Library and one from Academic Affairs.