Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944 [PAGE 1103]

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search in connection with improving the instructional program of the University, Under the first category he (a) advises the President on questions of educational policy, (b) advises the deans and directors of the schools on educational problems and determines lines of jurisdiction in questions of educational policy which cut across college or departmental lines, (c) advises other university officials and members of the faculty on administrative, professional, and personnel problems, (d) functions as the chairman of certain general committees such as the Committee on Fees and Scholarships, Advisory Committee on University Extension, Advisory Committee of the Bureau of Institutional Research, and the University War Committee. Under the second category, the Provost acts (a) as chief executive officer of the University in the absence of the President, (b) for the President concerning additions of new courses and changes in existing courses or curricula, (c) as administrative head of the University-wide Personnel Bureau, and (d) for the President in conferences with other institutions of higher education in the State. Under the third category he (a) directs a staff attached to his own office which is concerned with tests and problems in various university course offerings with a view toward improving the efficiency of the instructional program, and (b) advises the instructional staff on teaching problems such as experiments in teaching methods and in the development of improved examination techniques. The Statute quoted above which authorizes the office of the Provost, gives wide latitude to the President as to the use he may make of this officer. Whether the duties now under the jurisdiction of the Provost were those contemplated when the Statute was enacted is not for the Commission to say. It is quite apparent, however, that the office of the Provost has developed into one of the very few centers of major educational control of the University. The, Bureau of Institutional Research Although the establishment of the Bureau of Institutional Research was initiated in 1933 in connection with problems concerning the biennial budget, it was not until the fall of

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