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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944
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ioox) BOARD OF TRUSTEES of 1901; thereby the principle of democratic control of educational policies was openly recognized and adopted. Unfortunately the principle of democratic control which was adopted in 1901 has since become in practice control by the full professors of the faculty. The manner in which this practice has developed will be best understood by discussing in some detail the steps which have taken place in the organization of the University since 1901 and by pointing out in this discussion some of the changes that might now be made in order to revivify the democratic principle. This discussion will deal explicitly with the organization of the department, the college faculty, the graduate faculty, and the University Senate. The Department The University statute covering the organization of a department was first adopted in December 1908 and remained unchanged in the revision of December 1926. It provides that the ranking professor of the department shall, unless otherwise directed, be head thereof, "and, subject to superior authority as to policy and course of procedure, he shall be responsible for the quality and efficient work of the department, and all subordinates in the department shall conform to his views touching departmental policy, while they may exercise their own originality and genius in carrying such policy out." 20 The Statutes further specifically state that subordinates in a department and particularly associate professors are entitled to offer to the head professor thereof such suggestions as they may see fit concerning the general policy of the department. But the final determination of that policy "shall rest with the head thereof and with the authorities superior to him." It provides that the department head shall "make all departmental reports, prepare estimates for the expenses of his department and be responsible for the distribution and expenditure of funds assigned to it." The Statutes approved in March 1936, however, make a radical departure from the earlier ones. First, they provide that a department may be organized with a chairman or with a head. The latter form of organization provides that "the head *°See University of Illinois Statutes, December 1926, p. 4. [72 —A.C.E. Report]
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