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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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(b) The college shall be governed in its internal administration by its faculty. T h e faculty shall consist of the President, the dean and assistant dean of the college, and all professors, associate professors, assistant professors, associates, and instructors within the group it comprises, together with a representative of each such other department or group as may be entitled to representation by virtue of participation in the program of instruction in the college, and finally such other officers of the University as the President may assign thereto. (c) T h e college shall have jurisdiction in all educational matters, not involving questions of general university policy and not involving its relation to other colleges or schools, falling within the scope of its program, including the determination of its curricula, except that proposals which involve budgetary changes shall be submitted to the President acting with the advice of the Council. T h e college shall have the fullest measure of autonomy consistent with the maintenance of general university educational policy and correct academic and administrative relations with other divisions of the University. In questions of doubt arising as to the proper limits of this autonomy between the college and the Senate, the college shall be entitled to appeal for a ruling to the President in consultation with the Council. (d) T h e transfer of any line of work, or any part thereof to or from a college, from or to some other administrative group shall be made on recommendation of the Senate and approval of the Board of Trustees. (e) The faculty shall elect its own secretary and committees. (f) There shall be an executive committee of two or more members, composed of or selected from the professors and associate professors in the college, elected annually by the faculty, to advise the dean in the administration of the college and to transact such business as may be delegated to it by the faculty. T h e dean shall be ex-officio a member and chairman of this committee.

THE DEAN

8. (a) The dean shall be the chief executive officer of the college, and he shall be responsible to the President for its administration. (b) He shall be elected biennially by the Board of Trustees on nomination of the President. On the occasion of each such election, the President shall have the advice of the executive committee of the faculty concerned. (c) ( i ) T h e 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 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 ap-