Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936
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578 BOARD O F T R U S T E E S [March 10 proved 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. T H E SCHOOL 9. ( a ) T h e 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 10. (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 11. ( 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. (b) A department may be organized either with a chairman or with a head. A DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED WITH A CHAIRMAN 12. (a) T h e chairman shall be 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. (b) 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. (c) The voting faculty of the department shall have power to determine such matters as do not so affect relations with other departments or colleges that they properly come under the supervision of larger administrative units. The department shall have the fullest measure of autonomy consistent with the maintenance of general college and 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 department and some other university officer or authority, the department shall be entitled to appeal for a ruling directly to the dean and the executive committee of the college and in extreme cases to the President in consultation with the Council. ( d ) 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. T h e 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. In a department which has a voting faculty of five members or fewer the executive committee shall consist of all persons of the rank of assistant professor or above. (e) In each department organized with a chairman, that officer shall be responsible for the formulation and execution of departmental policies and the execution of university and college policies in so far as they affect the depart-
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