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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944
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1096 BOARD OF TRUSTEES In electing anyone to this standing it is the responsibility of the Committee to make a careful scrutiny of his intellectual achievements and of his demonstrated ability not only to do research and investigation of an excellent character, but also to train and direct other persons who are acquiring the ability and skill to carry out scientific research or scholarly investigation. The recommendations of the Committee on Staff and Courses, regarding admission to the teaching of the Graduate School, are subject to the approval of the executive faculty of the Graduate School. The University Senate In 1901 the University enrollment stood at about 3,000. In that same year the Board of Trustees passed a resolution amending the University Statutes and setting up a University Senate composed of full professors, ranking department heads, deans, and the President. Previously the general faculty of the University, defined as all persons who gave instruction in any department of the University together with administrative officers, had exercised general legislative functions touching the educational policy of the University. Thus, in the thirty-fifth year of its existence, the University of Illinois formally handed over the formulation of its educational policy to the senior members of its faculty. Throughout the history of the University there has been consistent emphasis upon rule by the senior professors. Under the earlier Statutes the ranking member of a department was automatically its head. As the University grew, and its colleges, schools, and departments increased, the development of the Statutes show a continued adherence to this rule of seniority. The trends disclosed by the history of the organization of the University naturally resulted in the organization of a Senate composed of full professors. This organization still obtains. The college executive committees must be selected from the full and associate professors. In departments organized with chairmen, the departmental executive committee must be composed of men of the ranks of assistant professor, associate professor, or professor. In the case of a department organized [78 —A.C.E. Report]
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