MenuPreliminary Inventory of the Office of Continuing Studies records, 1969-1992
Abstract
Contains the records of the Office of Continuing Studies, established in 1969 as the Office of Continuing Education at Duke University. The Office provides year-round training, short courses, certificate programs, and credit courses for students and non-students wishing to further their education or prepare for standardized tests. In 1992, the Office of Continuing Education merged with the Summer Session office to create the Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. Types of materials include student records, subject files, correspondence, progress reports, program proposals, newsletters, annual reports, minutes, flyers, pamphlets, clippings, grant applications, directories, and course schedules. Major subjects include Duke University, career guidance, Office of Continuing Education, Center for Career Development and Continuing Education, and Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. Contains rectricted materials.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Office of Continuing Studies records, 1969-1992.
- Creator
- Duke University. Office of Continuing Studies.
- Extent
- 36 Linear Feet, , 28,000 Items , (28 boxes)
- Repository
- University Archives, Duke University.
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University Archives, Duke University.
- Language
- English.
Collection Overview
Contains undergraduate and graduate student records, curriculum planning, and administrative materials related to the Office of Continuing Education (formerly known as Office of Career Development and Continuing Education) at Duke University. Office of Continuing Education was directed by Jean O'Barr from 1971 to 1983, and functioned in cooperation with the Appointments Office (later the Office of Placement Services and the Career Center) and the Woman's College. The Office initially focused on career development of women students, but expanded to offer guidance services to all students. In 1992, the Office of Continuing Education merged with the Summer Session Department to form the Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. The records include student records, correspondence, progress reports, program proposals, newsletters, annual reports, minutes, flyers, pamphlets, clippings, grant applications, directories, and course schedules. Undergraduate and graduate student records are ordered alphabetically by last name of student. Subject files are ordered alphabetically. Contains restricted materials.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.
In accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended, Duke University permits students to inspect their education records and limits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from education records.
In off-site storage; 24 hours advance notice is required for use.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Contents of the Collection
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Expand AllThe contents of Boxes 1-16, Undergraduate and Graduate student records, are RESTRICTED.
Historical Note
The Duke University Center for Continuing Education (formerly known as the Office of Career Development and Continuing Education) was established in September 1969, with funds from the Alumni Association of the Woman's College. The Center was oriented toward satisfying the educational needs of women beyond college age and helping women find educational and professional programs in the Triangle area that best fit their career goals and family situations. The Center especially focused on undergraduate women, but later developed into a way for older women to reenter the Duke community by completing interrupted education, re-training or updating skills, changing careers, or developing new interests. Jean O'Barr was director of Continuing Education from 1971 to 1983.
The Office of Career Development and Continuing Education, active from about 1969 to 1975, provided undergraduate and continuing education students with assistance in establishing career goals. Working in cooperation with the University Counseling Center, the Office of Placement Services, and deans in the undergraduate colleges and professional schools, the Office sponsored the Apprenticeship Program, which arranged volunteer placement in community businesses and agencies and the Continuing Education Program which used student teachers, tutors, and assistants in meeting community needs. Other internship projects included helping local Girl Scouts groups, tutoring school-aged children, working in hospitals, counseling older adults, and acting as mentors to at-risk youth. The Office also worked with other campus organizations to bring professionals to speak on campus about the issues of young women in a professional work environment. Although the Office of Career Development and Continuing Education worked with both men and women, the Office was especially collaborative with student groups interested in women's programs and studies.
Around 1975, the Office of Career Development and Continuing Education became part of the Office of Continuing Education. The Office continued to perform many of the same services for students, but with less focus on young women professionals. The development of the Women's Studies Program at Duke University (1983) and other activities on campus continued to support young women's professional development.
The Office of Continuing Education functioned in cooperation with the Counseling Center and Appointments Office (later the Office of Placement Services and the Career Center). The Office of Continuing Education worked closely with student groups and programs of the Woman's College, such as Directions for Education of Women (DEW), a committee organized to inform women of career opportunities and to encourage them to coordinate career and family plans, and the Internship Program in Community Service, organized to place student volunteers of the Woman's College in community services. Service expanded to include year-round training, short courses, certificate programs, and credit courses for male and female students and non-students wishing to further their educations or prepare for standardized tests.
Jean O'Barr was the Director of the Office of Continuing Education from 1971 to 1983. During that time, she developed conferences about women and work, and guided the Institute for Learning in Retirement and the Peer Counseling Program. In 1983, she left the Office of Continuing Education to become Director of the Women's Studies Program at Duke University. In 1992, the Office of Continuing Education merged with the Summer Session Department to form the Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. In 2003, the name changed again to the Office of Continuing Studies.
Subject Headings
- Continuing education centers--North Carolina--Durham.
- Adult education.
- Career education--North Carolina.
- Career education--North Carolina--Planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Duke University. Appointments Office.
- Duke University. Office of Continuing Education.
- Duke University. Office of Placement Services.
- Duke University. Woman's College--History.
- Duke University. Students.
- O'Barr, Jean F.
- Occupational training for women.
- Vocational guidance.
- Vocational guidance for women--North Carolina.
- Vocational guidance for women.
- Women--Employment.
Related Material
- Appointments Office records. (University Archives, Duke University. )
- Center for Continuing Education and Summer Session records. (University Archives, Duke University. )
- Office of Placement Services records. (University Archives, Duke University. )
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Office of Continuing Studies records, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
Transfer; 1992; A92-91 (Boxes 1-16)
Transfer; 1991; A91-112 (Box 24)
Unknown source; 1989; A89-0029 (Box 23)
Transfer; 1989; A89-28 (Boxes 17 and 23)
Transfer; 1982; A82-57 (Boxes 18-22)
Transfer; 1984 A84-50 (Box 24)
Transfer; 1982; A82-79 (Box 25)
Transfer; 1976; 76-121 (Boxes 26)
Processing Information
Processed by University Archives staff
Completed 1995
Encoded by Emily Glenn, April 2003
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.