Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 227]

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BOABD OF TRUSTEES

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(e) In each department organized with a chairman, that officer shall be responsible for the formulation and execution of departmental policies and the execution of University and college policies insofar as they affect the department He shall have power to act independently in such matters as are delegated to him by the Executive Committee. He shall (1) report on the teaching and research of the department; (2) have general oversight of the work of students in the department; (3) collaborate with the Executive Committee in the preparation of the budget and be responsible for the expenditure of departmental funds for the purposes approved by the Executive Committee ; and (4) call and preside over all meetings of the department and o f the Executive Committee. The chairman, together with the Executive Committee, is responsible for the organization of the work of the department, and for the quality and efficient progress of that work. (f) In the administration of his office the chairman shall recognize the individual responsibility of other members of the department for the discharge of the duties committed to them by their appointments and shall allow proper scope to the ability and initiative of all members of the department,

DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED WITH A HEAD

Sec. 14. ( a ) The head of a department shall be appointed without specified term by the Board of Trustees on nomination presented by the President after consultation with the dean of the college and all members of the depart ment of the rank of assistant professor and above. He may, however, be relieved of his duties and title as head of the department by the Board o f Trustees, on recommendation of the President in consultation with the dean of the college. (b) The head of the department shall have the power to determine such matters as do not affect other departments or properly come under the supervision of larger administrative units. (c) In each department organized with a head, that officer shall have general direction of the work of the department. In regard to department policies he shall consult with an advisory committee which may be const tuted as follows: the faculty of the department may elect an advisory committee from the staff who are on indefinite tenure. If the faculty does not s o act, the advisory committee shall consist of all members on indefinite tenure, unless the department is organized in divisions, in which case the advisory committee shall consist of the heads of the several divisions. The head of the department shall consult with each member of the department regarding the nature and scope of the work in charge of that member. He shall regularl; call meetings of the departmental staff for explanation and discussion oi policies, educational procedure, and research. The head shall be responsible for the organization of the work of the department, for the quality and efficient progress of that work, and for the formulation and execution ot departmental policies, and for the execution of university and college policies insofar as they affect the department. He shall report on the teaching and research of the department, have general supervision of the work of students in the department, prepare departmental budgets, and be responsible for the distribution and expenditure of departmental funds and for the care "l departmental property. (d) In the administration of his office, the head shall recognize the in&