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BOAED OF TRUSTEES

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President Hughes reported on discussions with others and suggested a few minor editorial changes, none of them representing changes in the original text prior to its revision. The changes were as follows: (1) The return to the Preamble of the paragraph with regard to the General Rules (shown in the revision as Sec. 56.1, page 7 5 ) — t h e original position of this portion of the Statutes; (2) in the instance of varying references to the "nomination" or "recommendation" of staff members for appointment by the Board of Trustees, to make the references consistently read "recommendation" throughout; and (3) the retention, on page 27, with regard to the Division of University Extension, of the word "may" rather than "shall" as shown in the revision. (The change would provide that the relevant sentence now read as it did originally: "In carrying out its mission, the Division may conduct extramural courses, short courses, correspondence courses, conferences, and other programs common to university extension divisions.") The changes suggested were accepted as amendments to his motion by Mr. Howard and the Statutes as revised were adopted as recommended and modified by the following vote: Aye, Mr, Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Karnes, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Steger. The Statutes are now approved for filing with the Secretary for record.

REVISION OF STATUTES RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

(16) At the April 19, 1972, meeting the Board approved in principle the realignment of functions of the office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and approved the allocation of those functions and the redesignation of the offices of certain general officers involved in the realignment. In order to implement these changes, the following changes in the University Statutes are advisable: A. Delete Section 3 (Executive Vice President and Provost) ; Section 4 (Absence of President and Executive Vice President and Provost); Section S (Vice President and Comptroller) ; and Section 6 (b) (University Counsel). B. Add the following sentence, substantially the provision contained in the deleted Section 4, to the end of Section 2 (The President of the University): The President may designate the administrative officer(s) who shall exercise the functions of the President during the absence of the President from duty, which designation(s) shall be subject to change by the Board of Trustees. C. Add the following sentence after the first sentence of Section 6 (a) : Prior to recommending the appointment of such officers to the Board of Trustees, the President shall have the advice of the University Senates Conference. D. Delete reference to the Executive Vice President and Provost in the second sentence of Section 12 (b) and in Section 20 (c). E. Move the second sentence of Section 23 (c) to the General Rules and amend the reference therein to the Vice President and Comptroller to read Vice President for Financial Affairs. A further simplification of the Statutes can be achieved by deletion of the sections descriptive of the Institute of Aviation, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (Sections 30, 31, and 32). General provision for the establishment and organization of "institutes" is already made in the Statutes—providing for institutes at both the campus and