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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Graduate College, consists of those members of the academic staff with the rank or title in that unit of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor who are tenured or receiving probationary credit toward tenure, and those administrators in the direct line of responsibility for academic affairs (persons who hold the title of Director or Dean in an academic unit, Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs [or Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs], Chancellor and President). Administrative staff not in the direct line of responsibility for academic affairs are members of the faculty only if they also hold faculty appointments. The bylaws of [a college or other] any academic unit may further mandate a minimum percent faculty appointment in that unit for specified faculty privileges, such as voting privileges. (2) The bylaws may [give] also grant specified faculty privileges [to selected faculty of other units and] to members of the academic staff of the unit with the rank or title of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor, including clinical, research, adjunct, or visiting titles, who are not included in subsection (I) above (i.e., [not] neither tenured [or] nor receiving probationary credit toward tenure), and to selected faculty of other units. Voting on these provisions of the bylaws is limited to those named in subsection (I) above, b. As the responsible body in the teaching, research and scholarly activities of the University, the faculty has inherent interests and rights in academic policy and governance. Each college or other academic unit shall be governed in its internal administration by its faculty, as defined in subsection a. above. Governance of each academic unit shall be based on unit bylaws established and amended by the faculty of that unit. The bylaws shall provide for the administrative organization and procedures of the unit, including the composition and tenure of executive or advisory committees. Except that they may not conflict with these Statutes, or other specific actions of the Board of Trustees, or with the bylaws of a unit which encompasses it, the details of the bylaws are left to the faculty of the unit. ARTICLE III. COLLEGES, CAMPUSES AND SIMILAR CAMPUS UNITS Section 2. THE COLLEGE

b. The faculty of a college shall be specified in Article II, Section 3a oj these Statutes. As specified in Article II, Section 36, the college shall be governed in its internal administration by its faculty under bylaws established by the faculty. ARTICLE IV. DEPARTMENTS Section 1. THE DEPARTMENT a. The department is the primary unit of education and administration within the University. It is established for the purpose of carrying on programs of instruction, research, and public service in a particular field of knowledge. The staff of a department includes persons of all ranks who, upon the recommendation of its head or chairfperson], are appointed or assigned to it. [Except as otherwise provided in this Article IV, the faculty of a department consists of all its staff with academic rank or title and who are tenured or are receiving probationary credit.] The faculty of a department shall be as specified in Article II, Section 3a of these Statutes. All appointments which carry academic rank, title, or tenure indicative in any way of departmental association shall be made only after concurrence of the department(s) concerned. Section 2. DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED WITH A CHAIR[PERSON] b. In each department organized with a chair[person], the Executive Committee shall recommend individuals for academic appointment in the department. [determine the departmental faculty membership and voting rights of the academic staff in the department who are not tenured or receiving probationary credit and who hold the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor.] With the consent of the Executive Committee, or as specified in the