University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

The Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs has administrative responsibility for the university's Division of Student Affairs, which provides extracurricular programs and services for students and oversees student organizations and activities. The Division of Student Affairs was established in 1954 although the Office of Vice Chancellor was not created until 1977. This record group, however, contains papers of all the university officers who have been responsible for matters of student welfare. The titles of those officers have been Dean of Students, 1919- 1945; Dean of Men and Chairman of the Division of Student Welfare, 1946- 1947; Dean of Students, 1948-1954; Dean of Student Affairs, 1954-1977; and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, 1977- Prior to 1966 the Division also oversaw the offices responsible for academic records and student aid.

On 23 September 1919, University of North Carolina President Harry Woodburn Chase recommended to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees that the academic and disciplinary functions of the Office of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts be separated. He appointed Frank Porter Graham dean of students, to be responsible for advising students and coordinating the multiple official and extracurricular organizations of the campus that dealt primarily with student welfare.

In 1933 the Division of Student Welfare was established to promote and coordinate the work of all university agencies affecting student welfare. An administrative board composed of faculty and persons administratively responsible for these agencies and organizations was also created, with the dean of students as chairman. The heads of these agencies and organizations, however, were administratively responsible to the chancellor. On 1 May 1953 the General Faculty approved legislation authorizing a new Administrative Board of Student Affairs to be composed of six members of the faculty, appointed by the chancellor, with the dean of students as presiding officer.

In 1954 the Management Survey, conducted by Cresap, McCormick and Paget, recommended that an integrated Division of Student Affairs be formed. This recommendation was approved by the Board of Trustees on 1 July 1954. The dean of students, whose title was changed to dean of student affairs, became head of the new division. The following offices and activities reported directly to him: Office of Admissions; Central Office of Records; Office of Student Aid; Office of Student Activities; Graham Memorial Student Union; YMCA and YWCA; Student Health Service; University Testing Service; Placement Service; Housing Office; Office of Dean of Women; Advisor to Veterans; and Advisor to Foreign Students.

In 1961 the Central Office of Records was replaced by a reorganized Office of Records and Registration. The offices of Admissions and Records and Registration were transferred to the Division of Academic Affairs in 1966. In 1972, with the creation of the Division of Administration, both of these offices as well as the office of Student Aid were placed in that Division, under the responsibility of the Registrar.

The title of the chief student affairs officer has been: Dean of Students, 1919-1945; Dean of Men and Chairman of the Division of Student Welfare, 1946-1947; Dean of Students, 1948-1954; Dean of Student Affairs, 1954-1977; and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, 1977-1980; Vice Chancellor and Dean of Student Affairs, 1980-1997; and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, 1997 to the present. Persons who have held the position are:

Other titles within the division have also changed since the inception of the office. The second most senior officer of the division has had, at various times, the title of Dean of Men, Assistant Dean of Students and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. These changes in titles and responsibilities are reflected in the records of the Vice Chancellor.