Arts~ 'Sciences forms Harding's large~t unit "K eep the structural changes to the minimum" was the direction given by the Board of Trustees when approval was given to the AJministration to implement the change from Harding College to Harding University effective August 27, 1979. After extensive study by the Executive Committee chaired by President Clifton L. Ganus Jr., the Committee recommended the establishment of the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business, the School of Education, the School of Nursing and the Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, with a dean for each of these academic units. The committee further recommended that Dr. Joseph E. Pryor. who had served as Dean of the College since 1960 and as Vice President for Academic Affairs since 1973 serve as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in addition to Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University. Dr. David B. Burks, chairman of the Division of Business, was appointed Dean of the School of Business; Dr. Bobby L. Coker, chairman of the Department of -~ Education, was appointed Dean of the School of Education; and Mrs. Cathleen M. Smith, chairman of the Division of Nursing, was appointed Dean of the School of Nursing. Dr. Harold Hazelip was continued as Dean of the Graduate School of Religion. A history Effective with university status, the divisional structure was dropped. Although some divisions had occasional meetings , others met only biennially to elect a chairman. The department was the effective functional unit. The chief function of the divisional arrangement was to provide a chairman who served as a member of the Academic Affairs Committee, which played a major role in the academic life of the institution. Because of breakdowns in communication between divisional chairmen and the other department chairmen in the division, the Executive Committee enlarged the Academic Affairs Committee by making every department chairCAREFULLY measuring a reagent , Dav id Jones prepares to perform a biochemical characterization. College of Arts and Sciences
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