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board of trustees The Dean

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6. (a) The dean shall be the chief executive officer of the college, and he shall be responsible to the President for its administration. (b) H e shall be elected biennially by the Board of Trustees on nomination of the President. O n the occasion of each such election, the President shall have the advice of the executive committee of the faculty concerned. (c) (1) The dean shall call meetings of the faculty at such times as he or the executive committee may deem necessary, and shall preside over such meetings; (2) to the end that committee work may be reduced to a minimum he shall formulate and present to it policies for its consideration; however, the foregoing clause shall not be interpreted to abridge the right of any member of the faculty to present any matter to the faculty; (3) he shall make reports on the work of the college; (4) he shall oversee the registration and the progress of the students in the college; (5) he shall be responsible to the President for the educational use of the buildings and rooms assigned to the college, and the general equipment of the college as distinct from that of the separate departments; (6) he shall serve as the medium of communication for all official business of the college with other university authorities, the students, and the public; (7) he shall represent the college in conferences, except that additional representatives may be chosen by the faculty for specific conferences; (8) he shall prepare the budget of the college in consultation with the executive committee of the college; (9) he shall recommend the appointment, reappointment, or promotion of the officers and members of the teaching staff. In the case of appointment, reappointment, or promotion to the rank of professor or associate professor, he shall make his recommendation after consultation so far as practicable with the chairman and executive committee, or with the heads of the departments concerned; in case the college has no departments, the dean shall make such recommendations after consultation with the executive committee of the college; recommendations to positions in the teaching staff shall ordinarily originate with the department, or, in cases of groups not organized as departments, with the officers in charge of the work concerned, and shall be presented to the dean for transmission with his recommendation to the President; (10) in case recommendations from the colleges are not approved by the President, the dean shall have, with the consent of the Board, the opportunity of presenting the same in person before the Board of Trustees in session.

The School

7. (a) The school is an educational and administrative unit occupying a status between that of the department and the college. (b) A school organized as an independent administrative unit shall be governed by the same regulations as a college. (c) A school included within a college shall be under the general direction of the faculty of that college, which with the approval of the Senate may delegate specific powers to the school. T h e Director of a School 8. (a) The chief executive officer of the school organized as an independent unit shall be a director or a dean, appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of the President. In the selection of such a dean or director, the President shall have the advice of the executive committee of the faculty concerned. Within the school the duties of a director or a dean shall be the same as those of the dean of a college. (b) The chief executive officer of a school included within a college shall be a director appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of the dean of the college and of the President. The Department 9. (a) The department is the primary unit of education and administration within the University. It may include all persons engaged in the teaching and investigation of any subject or phase thereof or of closely related subjects. A Department Organized shall theappointed biennially by thethe dean of the college and the executive committeebe organized either with a chairmanBoard of a head. on nominationdepartmentby thewithbe department concerned. (b) A presented may President after consultation with or with Trustees 10. (a) The chairman of a Chairman