Institutional degree approval files of the vice chancellor for academic affairs, 1972-1975.

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Institutional degree approval files of the vice chancellor for academic affairs, 1972-1975.

The Board of Higher Education was established in 1965 to guide and coordinate the growth of public higher education in Massachusetts (St 1965, c 572). The vice chancellor for academic affairs was responsible to the board for granting approval to public colleges and universities seeking to establish new degree programs or to modify existing ones. The vice chancellor's institutional degree program approval files relate to institutions in the Massachusetts State College System requesting the board's approval for new academic programs.

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The Board of Higher Education was established in Massachusetts by St 1965, c 572, "An Act to improve and extend educational facilities in the Commonwealth." The board was placed within but not subject to the control of the Department of Education, replacing the Board of Collegiate Authority. The legislation established for the first time a "system" of higher education and created a Board of Higher Education to guide and coordinate the growth and programs of its diversified instituti...

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