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580 BOARD O F T R U S T E E S [March 10 to the President together with his recommendation, and if a change of organization is advised, the President shall thereupon make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. GRADUATE SCHOOL 15. (a) The Graduate School shall be organized with a teaching faculty, an executive faculty, and a dean. (b) Except as otherwise provided under this heading the Graduate School shall be governed by the same regulations as a college. The teaching faculty of the Graduate School shall consist of the President, the dean, and all those who on recommendation of the department have been approved by the executive faculty to be in independent charge of courses designed for graduate students, or of theses to be submitted for higher degrees. (c) The executive faculty shall consist of ten or more members chosen annually from the teaching faculty, and the dean, who shall be ex-officio a member and chairman of the executive faculty. Of this number the teaching faculty shall elect three, and the remainder shall be appointed by the President in consultation with the dean and the three members elected by the teaching faculty. The executive faculty shall advise the dean in the administration of the school. (d) The method of appointment and the duties of the dean of the Graduate School shall be the same as those of the dean of a college. In the appointment to the staff of any college or school of a person who may be expected to offer courses open to graduate students, or to supervise theses submitted for higher degrees, the dean of the Graduate School shall be consulted by the dean of the college, or the director of the school in which the appointment is to be made. EXCHANGE PROFESSORS 16. On the recommendation of the head or chairman of a department and with the approval of the dean, the President, and the Board of Trustees, a professor, associate professor, or assistant professor may be permitted to exchange for a period of one year or one semester his position with a professor of approximately equal rank in another university, provided the arrangement does not involve substantial increase in the cost of instruction. The professor with whom the exchange is made shall during his period of service in this University be subject to the rules governing appointments and conditions of service applicable to regular members of the faculty. VISITING LECTURERS 17. In accordance with the existing practice, scholars of eminence from other universities and men of affairs who have achieved distinction in their professions may be invited from time to time to give one or more public lectures at this University. The fund for this purpose shall be administered by a committee consisting of the Dean of the Graduate School, the Provost, and one member of the Senate to be appointed by the President. SUMMER SESSION 18. (a) All courses for which credit towards a degree is given in the Summer Session shall be maintained at the same grade and standards as other work in the University. The scope and character of the courses offered therein shall be outlined by the respective departments and the director of the Summer Session, and shall be approved in the same manner as other courses. (b) The director shall be appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of the President of the University. He shall be the_ chief executive of the Summer Session, and shall have therein the same duties as the dean of a college. ( c ) There shall be an executive committee, appointed by the President, which shall assist the director in the administration of his office, including the formulation of plans and the preparation of a budget.
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