Difference between revisions of "Brigham Young University. University Honors Education"

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University Honors Education was known as the Honors Program until 1984. The following individuals have served as Dean of Honors Education at Brigham Young University: De Lamar Jensen (1984-1987), J. R. Kearl (1987-1990), Harold L. Miller, Jr. (1990-1994), Paul A. Cox (1994-1998), James E. Faulconer (1998-2001), and George S. Tate (2001-2002).
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University Honors Education was created around the Honors Program in 1982 to prepare for the opening of the Honors Program to general enrollment. University officials felt that a deanship would be better equipped to deal with the expanded scope of the program. Honors Education was subsequently enfolded into the General Education and Honors department in 1986, created when General Education was placed under the leadership of the Dean of Honors. Gary L. Browning was the first Dean of Honors Education (1982-1983), succeeded by De Lamar Jensen (1983-1986).
  
 
==Variant names==
 
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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Name changed: [[name changed in::date::1984]]
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Established: [[established in::date::1982]]
  
Name changed: [[name changed in::date::2002]]
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Abolished: [[abolished in::date::1986]]
  
Location: [[location of::Provo, Utah]] ([[date::1984]]-[[date::2002]])
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Location: [[location of::Provo, Utah]] ([[date::1982]]-[[date::1986]])
  
 
==Functions==
 
==Functions==
  
The purpose of University Honors Education continued the mission of its predecessor: to provide an educational experience for capable and motivated undergraduate students that enriched their university education. Initially, Honors only offered general education courses, but later various departments across campus began offering Honors courses within their specific concentration, in conjunction with University Honors Education. This began as an attempt to create a comprehensive and fully integrated university education that linked the general education aspect with the specific focus connected with a major program. These departmental courses put special emphasis on critical thinking and writing, as well as on seeing their course material in an interdisciplinary light.
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The main purpose of University Honors Education was to administer the Honors Program from 1982-1986. The university had felt that, with the advent of an open enrollment program, a deanship would be better able to administer the program and its associated assets. The department and deanship lasted until James R. Kearl was appointed Dean of Honors and General Education and Honors Education was folded into this new structure.
  
 
==Assets and Administrative Structure==
 
==Assets and Administrative Structure==
  
University Honors Education was overseen by a dean reporting to the University. Beginning in 1987, the Dean of Honors Education was also the Dean of General Education.
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University Honors Education was overseen by a dean reporting to the University. Beginning in 1986, the Dean of Honors Education was also the Dean of General Education and Honors Education ceased to function as a separate entity.
  
 
==Associated Units==
 
==Associated Units==
  
Superior unit: [[subordinate to::Brigham Young University]] ([[date::1984]]-[[date::2002]])
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Superior unit: [[subordinate to::Brigham Young University]] ([[date::1982]]-[[date::1986]])
  
Earlier unit: [[earlier unit::Brigham Young University. Honors Program (1960-1984)]] ([[date::1984]])
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Subordinate unit: [[superior to::Brigham Young University. Honors Program]] ([[date::1982]]-[[date::1986]])
  
Later unit: [[later unit::Brigham Young University. Honors Program]] ([[date::2002]])
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Later unit: [[later unit::Brigham Young University. General Education and Honors]] ([[date::1986]])
  
 
==Associated Archival Materials==
 
==Associated Archival Materials==
  
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College of Undergraduate Education Records, 1960-2000 (UA 1205)
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
  
Brigham Young University General Catalog 1984-1985, p. 31 (Honors Education, Dean De Lamar Jensen; provide enriched educational opportunities for capable and motivated students; offers Honors general education courses only at this point)
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Brigham Young University General Catalog 1984-1985, p. 31 (Honors Education, Dean De Lamar Jensen)
  
Brigham Young University General Catalog 1987-1988: p. 33 (J.R. Kearl, dean of GE) and 36 (Kearl dean of University Honors Education; first official mention of Honors departmental courses; fully integrated undergraduate program that links the broad university perspective with the specific concentration associated with a major), Dean of GE and Honors same for the first time
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Kristen Morris, ''History of the Brigham Young University Honors Program: 1978-2001: The Building and Restructuring of an Honors Program'': p. 27 (1982, university discontinued directorate leadership and created deanship in order to prepare for the open enrollment program and give the program greater status and more clout in the administrative community of the university); p. 31 (significant changes in GE; university placed GE under leadership of Dean of Honors, making Kearl first dean of Honors and General Education in 1986; one dean over both programs); p. 93 (Browning dean 1982-1983); p. 94 (Jensen dean 1983-1986)
 
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Brigham Young University 1989-1990 General Catalogue: p. 15 (Honors Departmental courses view their subjects in relationships that transcend the limitations of the traditional major and stress critical and analytical thinking and writing)
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Brigham Young University 1990-1991 General Catalogue: p. 14 (Harold L. Miller, Jr., dean)
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Brigham Young University 1994-1995 Undergraduate Catalog: p. 36 (Paul A. Cox, dean of GE), p. 39 (Cox dean of Honors)
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Brigham Young University 1998-1999 Undergraduate Catalog: p. 45 and 50 (James E. Faulconer, acting dean)
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Brigham Young University 1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog: p. 44 and 49 (Faulconer dean)
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Brigham Young University 2001-2002 Undergraduate Catalog: p. 64 and 68 (George S. Tate, dean)
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==Maintenance Information==
 
==Maintenance Information==

Latest revision as of 12:34, 18 February 2010

University Honors Education was created around the Honors Program in 1982 to prepare for the opening of the Honors Program to general enrollment. University officials felt that a deanship would be better equipped to deal with the expanded scope of the program. Honors Education was subsequently enfolded into the General Education and Honors department in 1986, created when General Education was placed under the leadership of the Dean of Honors. Gary L. Browning was the first Dean of Honors Education (1982-1983), succeeded by De Lamar Jensen (1983-1986).

Variant names

Brigham Young University. Honors Education

Description

Established: 1982

Abolished: 1986

Location: Provo, Utah (1982-1986)

Functions

The main purpose of University Honors Education was to administer the Honors Program from 1982-1986. The university had felt that, with the advent of an open enrollment program, a deanship would be better able to administer the program and its associated assets. The department and deanship lasted until James R. Kearl was appointed Dean of Honors and General Education and Honors Education was folded into this new structure.

Assets and Administrative Structure

University Honors Education was overseen by a dean reporting to the University. Beginning in 1986, the Dean of Honors Education was also the Dean of General Education and Honors Education ceased to function as a separate entity.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University (1982-1986)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Honors Program (1982-1986)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. General Education and Honors (1986)

Associated Archival Materials

College of Undergraduate Education Records, 1960-2000 (UA 1205)

Sources

Brigham Young University General Catalog 1984-1985, p. 31 (Honors Education, Dean De Lamar Jensen)

Kristen Morris, History of the Brigham Young University Honors Program: 1978-2001: The Building and Restructuring of an Honors Program: p. 27 (1982, university discontinued directorate leadership and created deanship in order to prepare for the open enrollment program and give the program greater status and more clout in the administrative community of the university); p. 31 (significant changes in GE; university placed GE under leadership of Dean of Honors, making Kearl first dean of Honors and General Education in 1986; one dean over both programs); p. 93 (Browning dean 1982-1983); p. 94 (Jensen dean 1983-1986)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2010-00007

Creator: UPB