from the 1920s through the World War 11
period. In 1947 the College of Special and
Continuation Studies was established to ad-
minister the off-campus evening programs
with a dean as the principal officer. The
name was changed to University College in
1959. In 1970 the unit was designated as
one of five major components headed by a
chancellor.
The University of Maryland is under the
administration of the Board of Regents con-
sisting of fifteen members who are citizens
of Maryland. Fourteen of the members are
appointed by the Governor with the advice
and consent of the Senate. The remaining
member, the Maryland Secretary of Agri-
culture, is ex officio with voting privileges.
Two of the members must be students at
different campuses of the University of
Maryland, appointed for one year terms
from July 1. Each may be reappointed if
he remains a student at any campus of the
University. Board members serve without
compensation but are paid their reasonable
and necessary expenses while engaged in
the discharge of their official duties. The
term of office of all members appointed after
July 1, 1969 is five years with the exception
of the Secretary of Agriculture and the
student members. Appointed members may
not serve more than two consecutive terms.
Members appointed to fill vacancies occur-
ring during a term serve for the remainder
of the term and are then eligible for reap-
pointment (Code 1959, 1975 Repl. Vol.,
1976 Supp., Art. 77A, sec. 15).
The Board of Regents, within the limits
prescribed by law, may issue revenue bonds
to finance the building of dormitories and
other student housing facilities. Student
union buildings at College Park and Balti-
more have been constructed as well as a
combination Physical Education and Audi-
torium building at College Park. The Re-
gents issue such bonds directly with the
payments of principal and interest made
from revenues realized from the use of the
buildings (Code 1957, 1975 Repl. Vol.,
Art. 77A, sees. 20-27AD).
There are four principal campuses of the
University located in Baltimore, Catonsville,
College Park, and Princess Anne. Univer- |
sity College, a unit under a chancellor,
administers adult and continuing education
courses and programs and awards degrees.
The Baltimore campus is located at Lom-
bard and Greene Streets. The schools of
Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Phar-
macy, Social Work and Community Plan-
ning offer both professional and graduate
instruction. Complementing these schools
are: the University Hospital, the Maryland
Institute for Emergency Medicine, the Insti-
tute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior,
and the Health Sciences Library.
The Baltimore County (UMBC) campus
is located in Catonsville at the southeast
corner of the intersection of the Baltimore
Beltway and Wilkens Avenue Undergrad-
uate offerings include a range of programs
in the arts, sciences and humanities; pro-
fessional and pre-professional programs in
teacher education, social work, nursing,
pharmacy, dental hygiene, medical technol-
ogy^ physical therapy, pre-law, pre-dental,
pre-medical and combined degree programs
in medicine, law, and dentistry. Graduate
programs are developing, with a doctorate
in applied mathematics presently offered.
At College Park instruction is offered at
undergraduate and graduate levels in a wide
variety of disciplines. There are the Colleges
of Agriculture, Business and Management,
Education, Engineering, Human Ecology,
Journalism, Physical Education, Recreation
and Health; the Schools of Architecture and
Library and Information Services. The
schools, colleges and departments are within
the divisions of ( 1 ) Agricultural and Life
Sciences, (2) Mathematical and Physical
Sciences and Engineering, (3) Behavioral
and Social Sciences, (4) Arts and Humani-
ties, (5) Human and Community Resources.
The Eastern Shore campus (UMES) is
located at Princess Anne. This campus of-
fers baccalaureate degree programs within
three divisions: (1) Liberal Studies, (2)
Professional Studies, and (3) Experimental
Studies. There are teaching degree areas
and non-teaching degree areas including
agriculture, art education, biology, building
construction, business administration, chem-
istry, elementary education, English, history, |
