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The records of the College of Nursing, Dean's Office date from 1952 to 1994 and total 23.3 cubic feet. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1980s, during Dorothy DeMaio's tenure as dean. Records document the philosophy and evolution of nursing degree programs and curriculum, the development of a nursing doctoral program, the accreditation process, faculty and staff relations, faculty tenure review, and women in education.

Collection includes correspondence, memos, by-laws, minutes, course materials, reports, budgets, newspaper clippings, resumes, speeches, grant applications, and faculty evaluations. The formation and earliest years of the school are documented in the Accreditation Files and Historical Background series, although additional materials from the 1950s can be found throughout the collection. Curriculum and faculty are well documented, as are the accreditation and grant application processes.

Topics of special interest in the collection include the development of the nursing Ph.D. program, the first in New Jersey (Programs of Study) and the controversy over the University of Medicine and Dentistry's proposed Masters in Nursing program. UMDNJ's proposal was opposed by CN and other organizations that claimed the program would duplicate existing nursing programs during a nursing student shortage. Also of interest are files on the Educational Opportunity Fund in the Dean's Office Subject Files; the EOF was a special entry program for students unable to meet the normal financial and academic requirements for admission into the CN nursing programs.