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Brigham Young University. Division of Continuing Education

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1964-

Administrative History

The Division of Continuing Education (est. 1964) is an administrative division at Brigham Young University responsible for coordinating distance education offerings, extension services, and conference planning.

Formerly known as the Adult Education and Extension Services (est. 1921), the Brigham Young University Division of Continuing Education was renamed and redesigned in 1964. The division was designed to provide educational programs and services offered to regular university students to adults who do not have opportunities for day time study. Services offered range from off-campus programs, lectures, correspondence study, and community services — both through the off-campus centers and extended programs in wide geographic areas — to formal on-campus classroom offerings, both credit and noncredit, extended and short-term in nature. Departments within the Division of Continuing Education include the Bachelor of General Studies, Religious Enrichment, EFY Programs, Conferences and Workshops, Evening Classes, Independent Study, and the Salt Lake Center. Deans of the division have included Harold Glen Clark (1964-1973), Stanley A. Peterson (1973-1978), William R. Siddoway (1978-1986), Richard C. Eddy (1986-2009), Wayne J. Lott (2009-2014), Lee J. Glines (2014-2023), and Richard M. Houseman (2023- ).

Citation:
Wright, N.E. Fam. and loc. hist. stud. 400R, c1981 (subdiv.) t.p. (Division of Continuing Education, Brigham Young University)

Brigham Young University organization history website, Sept. 28, 2011 (Division of Continuing Education; previously known as Adult Education and Extension Services, renamed in 1964; administered the Bachelor of General Studies Program, 1999- )

Department of Conferences and Workshops records, 1968-1999 (department and predecessor, Department of Special Courses and Workshops, part of Division)

BYU Organizational History Project, via WWW, Dec. 15, 2010 (Adult Education and Extension Services renamed Division of Continuing Education, 1964; Deans: Harold Glen Clark (1964-1973), Stanley A. Peterson (1973-1978), William R. Siddoway (1978-1986), Richard C. Eddy (1986-2009), and Wayne J. Lott (2009- ); programs for adults)

BYU Division of Continuing Education website, via WWW, May 2, 2011 (departments: Bachelor of General Studies, Religious Enrichment, EFY Programs, Conferences and Workships, Evening Classes, Independent Study, and the Salt Lake Center)

Brigham Young University organizational history website, via WWW, June 22, 2023 (deans included Wayne J. Lott (2009-2014), Lee J. Glines (2014-2023), and Richard M. Houseman (2023- ))

Found in 269 Collections and/or Records:

Audio Visual Center chairman community education meeting minutes, 1959-1964

 Sub-Series — Box J 1: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197231219541], Folder: 1-11
Identifier: UA 547 Series 9 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain meeting minutes from Community Education. Dated from 1959 to 1964.

Dates: 1959-1964
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Division of Continuing Education records / Audio Visual Center chairman records

Audio Visual Center chairman community education newsletters, 1961-1964

 Sub-Series — Box J 4: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197231219657], Folder: 11-12
Identifier: UA 547 Series 9 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Contains Audio Visual newsletter and brochures. Dated from 1961 to 1964.

Dates: 1961-1964
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Division of Continuing Education records / Audio Visual Center chairman records

Audio Visual Center chairman records, 1949-1966

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contains meeting minutes, correspondences, newsletters, films and filmstrips, financial reports, community education reports, and other records from when L. R. Lindeman was chairman of Audio Visual Center. Dated from 1949 to 1966.

Dates: 1949-1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Division of Continuing Education records

Brigham Young University accreditation records, 1968-2004

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1233 Series 3 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Collection of Northwest Association reports, correspondence and other materials. Includes documentation pertaining to BYU's accreditation by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, correspondence between organizations like the US Department of Education and colleges like Gonzaga University, and feedback pertaining to BYU's accreditation. Dated 1968 to 2004.

Dates: 1968-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Brigham Young University vice-presidential records / Brigham Young University vice-presidential reports and studies

Brigham Young University general correspondence, 1968-2004

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1233 Series 1 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Collection of general correspondence relating to the Academic Vice President. Dates range from 1968 to 2004.

Dates: 1968-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Brigham Young University vice-presidential records / Brigham Young University vice-presidential correspondence

Brigham Young University international records, 1968-2004

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1233 Series 6 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents Collection of summaries, committee, activity, and International Outreach records. Includes a list of BYU alumni and faculty stationed in other nations including China and Russia, a roster for BYU's Latin America Internships Committee, a list of BYU's international programs, a collection of correspondence between BYU and international universities BYU has cooperated with in nations including China and Brazil, a list of BYU's International Student programs including those offered by the BYU...
Dates: 1968-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Brigham Young University vice-presidential records / Brigham Young University vice-presidential department records

Brigham Young University resource planning records, 2003

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1233 Series 6 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Collection of resource planning documents. Included information in these documents are tables detailing the budgets for various departments on BYU campus, copies of BYU's Strategy and Planning Progress report for the years 2002-2006, and PowerPoint presentations for BYU's Marriot School of Management and Nursing program. Dated July to August 2003.

Dates: 2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Brigham Young University vice-presidential records / Brigham Young University vice-presidential department records

Brigham Young University self-study records, 1968-2004

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1233 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents Collection of self-study records including program evaluation criteria, financial analyses, surveys, productivity reports, and other materials. It also includes self-study data from other universities including Ohio State and Weber State University, advisement on programs that needed to be added/deleted/changed, articles on improving the University experience, and budget documentation which denotes money transferred from the Self-Study Department to other departments at BYU. Dated 1968 to...
Dates: 1968-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Brigham Young University vice-presidential records / Brigham Young University vice-presidential reports and studies

Brigham Young University vice-presidential articles, speech resources, and personal files, 1953-2000

 Series
Identifier: UA 1233 Series 8
Scope and Contents Contains Academic Vice President articles, speech resources, and personal files. Includes minutes/agendas for Academic Vice Presidential meetings; a collection of articles about BYU in such publications like "Time," "The Christian Science Monitor," and "America's 100 Best Colleges;" copies of speeches from leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and BYU faculty; and documentation for both Alan Wilkins's and L. Robert Webb's Religion 121 Course. Materials dated ...
Dates: 1953-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Brigham Young University vice-presidential records

Brigham Young University vice-presidential committee records, 1968-2004

 Series
Identifier: UA 1233 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains statements, minutes, and other materials concerning various university committees including the Freshman Bulletin Committee, Faculty Committee on Continuing Education, Fine Arts & Communications Dean's Search Committee (1993), Faculty Committee on Distance Learning, International Affairs Committee, Kennedy Center Review Committee, and Commencement Awards Committee, 1968-2004.

Dates: 1968-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Brigham Young University vice-presidential records

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