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Brigham Young University. Admissions and Records

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1956 - 2001

Administrative History

The Admissions and Records Office (1956-2001) was an administrative unit at Brigham Young University.

Admissions and Records was established in 1956 and was designed to help students from their first inquiry about Brigham Young University. The unit also worked with faculty, parents, university administration, and agencies that require information about student records. Responsibilities were divided into eleven supervised areas. These include the Admissions Adviser Program, High School and Junior College Relations, Financial Aids, Admissions Office, Registrar, Evaluation--Transfer and Graduation, Data Collection and Analysis, Microfilm Services, Academic Advisement, and cooperating with the Educational Information and Guidance Center.

Admissions and Records was under the direction of a dean and administered regularly over the Admissions Office, Records Office, and Registrars. Over some periods it also was over the Admissions Advisers Program, the Coordinator of Financial Aids, and the Statistics and Veterans officer. The office of Admissions and Records was under the direction of these deans: Bliss H. Crandal (1956-1959), Alma P. Burton (1959-1964), William R. Siddoway (1964-1972), Robert W. Spencer (1974-1991), Erlend D. Peterson (1992-2001).

Admissions and Records was renamed Student Academic and Advisement Services in 2001.

Citation:
Student Academic and Advisement Services advisement records, 1965-2005

Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, Mar. 27, 2009 (Admissions and Records Office; reorganized as Student Academic and Advisement Services, ca. 2002)

Brigham Young University catalog, via WWW, 1998 (Admissions and Records)

A statement of regulations, 1959: t.p. (Admissions and Records Office of Brigham Young University)

Brigham Young University Organizational History Project website, via WWW, Aug. 1, 2011 (Admissions and Records Office established, 1956; worked with students, faculty, and parents; BYU administration and agencies that require information about student records; eleven supervised areas:Admissions Adviser Program, High School & Junior College Relations, Financial Aids, Admissions Office, Registrar, Evaluation—Transfer and Graduation, Data Collection and Analysis, Microfilm Services, Academic Advisement, and cooperating with the Educational Information and Guidance Center; dean and administered regularly over the Admissions Office, Records Office, and Registrars; Admissions Advisers Program, the Coordinator of Financial Aids, and the Statistics and Veterans officer; deans: Bliss H. Crandal (1956-1959), Alma P. Burton (1959-1964), William R. Siddoway (1964-1972), Robert W. Spencer (1974-1991), Erlend D. Peterson (1992-2001); renamed Student Academic and Advisement Services in 2001)

Financial Aid records, 1967-2001 (Admissions and Records)

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Admissions and Records Office financial records, 1973-1978

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5356 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include student financial records and registration records. Dated 1973-1978.

Dates: 1973-1978

Admissions and Records Office records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5356
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, student and computer registrations, student finances, and conferences. Includes information on registration guidelines, student registration, and computer registration from other universities, as well as conference materials from American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO). Materials date from between 1969 and 1985.

Dates: 1969-1985

Student Academic and Advisement Services budget records, 1996-2001

 Series — Carton 5: Series 3; Series 4; Series 10 [Barcode: 31197233622809], Folder: 1-5
Identifier: UA 5516 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains budget records dating from 1996 to 2001 for subsets of the division, including scholarship, advisement, records, registration, and for various employees. Materials include related correspondence, financial summaries, and fiscal year requests and reports.

Dates: 1996-2001

Student Academic and Advisement Services financial aid records, 1995-2009

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5516 Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains student financial aid records relating to the Student Academic and Advisement Services, including financial statistics, correspondence, policy histories, and project guidelines and records. Records contain subjects including Pell Grants, the Satisfactory Academic Progress program, SMART grants, and records relating to various processing systems, 1995-2009.

Dates: 1995-2009