Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964 [PAGE 627]

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answer thereto, and the request for a hearing to the chairman of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, and copies of the answer and request for a hearing to the President. (4) Notice of Hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing before the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, which hearing shall be not less than twenty days after the filing of the appointee's request, shall be delivered on the same date to the appointee and the President either personally or by registered mail. The date of the hearing shall be not less than fifteen days from the date of such delivery or of such mailing of the notice of hearing. (5) Hearing. At the time and place fixed the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure shall hold a closed hearing on the charges. No member of that Committee shall sit in a case that involves a member of his department, school, institute, or division, whichever represents the smallest administrative unit. Three members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of the hearing, and the chairman of the Committee may appoint another member of the Committee to preside over the hearing. If vacancies occur, the Committee on Committees shall appoint as many members as are necessary to constitute a quorum. Except as hereinbefore or hereinafter provided the hearing shall be conducted according to such rules as the Committee may from time to time establish. The Committee shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence, but all findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Committee shall be supported by, and be in accord with substantial evidence. The appointee shall be entitled to be present at all sessions of the Committee when evidence is being received and to have with him an adviser of his own choice who may act as counsel. Likewise the President or some person designated by him, together with counsel if the President desires counsel, shall be entitled to be present at all sessions of the Committee when evidence is being received. Each party shall have the right within reasonable limits to question witnesses and when all the evidence has been received to make an argument in support of its position, either in person or by counsel. A full stenographic transcript shall be made of the hearing unless both parties