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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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(b) He shall be elected biennially by the Board of Trustees, on nomination of the President. On the occasion of each election, the President shall have the advice of the Executive Committee of the faculty concerned. (c) On the recommendation of the dean and on the nomination of the President, the Board of Trustees may appoint biennially associate or assistant deans as required. ( d ) (1) The dean shall call meetings of the faculty at such times as he or the Executive Committee may deem necessary and shall preside over such meetings; (2) to the end that committee work may be reduced to a minimum, he shall formulate and present policies to the faculty for its consideration; however, the foregoing clause shall not be interpreted to abridge the right of any member of the faculty to present any matter to the faculty; (3) he shall make reports on the work of the college; (4) he shall oversee the registration and the progress of the students in the college; (5) he shall be responsible to the President for the educational use of the buildings and rooms assigned to the college, and for the general equipment of the college as distinct from that of the separate departments; (6) he shall serve as the medium of communication for all official business of the college with other University authorities, the students, and the public; (7) he shall represent the college in conferences, except that additional representatives may be designated by the dean for specific conferences; (8) he shall prepare the budget of the college in consultation with the Executive Committee of the college; (9) he shall recommend the appointment, reappointment, or promotion of the officers and members of the teaching staff. In case of appointments, reappointments, or promotions, he shall make his recommendation after consultation with the chairman and Executive Committee, or with the head of the department concerned; in case the college has no departments, the dean shall make such recommendations after consultation with the Executive Committee of the college; recommendations to positions on the teaching staff shall ordinarily originate with the department, or, in cases of groups not organized as departments, with the persons in charge of the work concerned, and shall be presented to the dean for transmission with his recommendation to the President; (10) in case recommendations from the colleges are not approved by the President, the dean, with the consent of the Board, may present the recommendations in person before the Board of Trustees in session.

THE SCHOOL

Sec. 10. ( a ) The school is an educational and administrative unit occupying a status between the department and the college. (b) A school organized as an independent administrative unit shall be governed by the same regulations as govern a college. (c) A school included within a college shall be under the general direction of the faculty of that college.

THE DEAN OR DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL

Sec. 11. ( a ) The chief executive officer of the school organized as an independent unit shall be a dean or director, appointed biennially by the Boarc of Trustees, on the recommendation of the President. In the selection of a dean or director, the President shall have the advice of the Executive Committee of the faculty concerned. Within the school the duties of a director o f a dean shall be the same as those of the dean of a college.