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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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ment; he shall have power to act independently in such matters as are delegated to him by the executive committee; he shall report on the teaching and research of the department; he shall have general oversight of the work of students in the department; he shall collaborate with the executive committee in the preparation of the budget and be responsible for the expenditure of departmental funds for the purposes approved by the executive committee; he shall have general charge of departmental property; and he shall call and preside over all meetings of the department and of the executive committee. The chairman together with the executive committee shall be responsible for the organization of the work of the department, and for the quality and efficient progress of that work. (f) In the administration of his office the chairman 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.

A DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED WITH A H E A D

13. ( a ) T h e head 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. He may, however, be relieved of his duties and title as head of the department by the Board of Trustees, on recommendation of the President in consultation with the dean of the college. (b) T h e head 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. (c) 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. T h e 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. (d) 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.

CHANCE OF DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION

14- On the written request of at least one-fourth of the members of the department of the rank of assistant professor and above, and in no case fewer than two members, to change the form of the organization of the department, it shall be the duty of the dean to call a meeting to poll by ballot the members of the department of the ranks of assistant professor and above, and transmit the result of the vote to these members of the department and