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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944
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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S IO9I of a department shall be appointed on indefinite tenure by the Board of Trustees on nomination presented by the President after consultation with the dean of the college and all the members of the department of professorial rank." 21 Further it is provided that In each department organized with a head, that officer shall have general direction of the work of the department. He shall consult with the other members of the departmental staff on indefinite tenure, or with the heads of the several divisions, organized as an advisory committee, in regard to the departmental policies, and with each member of the department regarding the nature and scope of the work in his charge. He shall call meetings of the departmental staff for explanation and discussion of policies, educational procedure, and research. The head shall be held responsible, however, for the organization of the work of the department, for the quality and efficient progress of that work, and for the formulation and execution of departmental policies, and the execution of university and college policies in so far as they affect the department. He shall report on the teaching and research of the department, have general oversight of the work of students in the department, prepare departmental budgets, and be responsible for the distribution and expenditure of departmental funds, and for the care of departmental property. In the administration of his office the head shall recognize the individual responsibility of other members of the department for the discharge of the duties committed to them by their appointments, and shall allow proper scope to the ability and initiative of all members of the department. 21 [The chairman of a department is] appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees on nomination presented by the President after consultation with the dean of the college and the executive committee of the department concerned. In each department organized with a chairman, the voting faculty shall consist of the instructors, associates, assistant professors, associate professors, and professors. In consultation with the executive committee the chairman may invite other persons to attend departmental meetings. In each department organized with a chairman, there shall be an executive committee composed of men of the rank of assistant professor or above elected annually by the voting members of the department. The chairman of the department shall be ex officio a member and the chairman of this committee. The chairman and the executive committee shall be responsible for the preparation of the budget and for such matters as may be delegated to them by the voting faculty of the department. . . . 31 See University of Illinois Statutes, March 10, 1936, p. 5. [A.C.E. Report—73]
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