Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- James Enoch Papers
- Dates:
- 1952-1967; 1988; undated
- Abstract:
- Papers (1953-1968) of James Enochs, Dean of Academic Planning for the California State Colleges. Papers focus on curriculum, graduate programs and other materials.
- Extent:
- 2 boxes 2 linear ft
- Language:
- Collection material is in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Title of item], Enochs (James) Papers, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Papers deal with administrative staffing and fiscal responsibility, curriculum approvals, curriculum planning, Master Plan curriculum planning, individual colleges curriculum, graduate programs, joint doctorate graduate programs, engineering, high cost programs, nursing, social work, summer and extension sessions, Committee on Fiscal Responsibility, and television and audio visual services.
- Biographical / historical:
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Dr. Enochs was the first Dean of Academic Planning for the California State Colleges. As the state colleges began to move from being purely teacher's colleges to becoming a part of an integrated Master Plan covering all of higher education in California, the changes in and development of new curricula assumed importance. The files in this series illuminate some of the decision-making involved in this redefinition of curricular goals. Many of the files come from the decade before the Donohoe Act, which organized the CSUC System in 1960-61, but a significant section of the papers also cover the creation of graduate programs, including the joint doctorate programs.
Enochs was interviewed by Professor Grenier in the first series of the CSU Oral History Project. The interview specifically mentions papers donated to the Archives relating to a report entitled, "Standards and Criteria for Occupational Master's Degrees." These materials are not in the files presently designated as the Enochs Papers. Also mentioned are accomplishments of Dr. Enochs in helping to develop changes in curricula concerning Nursing Education, Social Work Programs, Engineering Education and Agricultural Education. Records involving the development of these programs are included in this record series.
Enochs was on the Master Plan Committee until 1962, when he went back to administration at the college level at CSU Sonoma. The records indicate he was frequently called in thereafter to serve on committees dealing with system-wide curriculum development issues.
- Acquisition information:
- This material was donated to the CSU Archives by Dr. James Enochs. An undated note in the files from Dr. Judson Grenier, Professor of History at CSU Dominguez Hills, indicates that the donation was made some time after Enochs had retired and moved to Oregon. Dr. Enochs' residence at the time of donation is given as Ashland, Oregon.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-26 23:45:11 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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There are no access restrictions on this collection.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Title of item], Enochs (James) Papers, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills.
- Location of this collection:
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1000 E. Victoria StreetCarson, CA 90747, US
- Contact:
- (310) 243-3895