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SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES

The President reported that he and the Dean of the Division of Extension and General Studies,
Mr. James W. Cole, Jr., had been considering a change in the name of the Division. A change was
needed, the President stated, to recognize more fully the role of the Division in the general
educational program of the University through the offering of work for college credit at the
several Extension Centers. The President reminded the Board of his statement at the meeting of
the Board on 14 October 1961 concerning the use of off-campus branches in the Extension Centers
of the University to determine whether a community college was needed. He and the Dean had
decided that the most appropriate name was that of "School of General Studies" which, he noted,
was one in general use in other universities in the country.

The President proposed and the Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that, effective 1 July 1962, the name of the Division of Extension and General Studies shall be
changed to School of General Studies.