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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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vidual 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.

CHANGE OF DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION

Sec. 15. On the written request of at least one-fourth of the members of the department of the rank of assistant professor and above, and in no case fewer than two members, that the form of the organization of the department be changed, the dean shall call a meeting to poll by ballot the members of the department of the ranks of assistant professor and above; he shall transmit the result of the vote to these members of the department and to the President together with his recommendation; if a change of organization is voted, the President shall thereupon transmit this recommendation to the Board of Trustees.

C. GRADUATE COLLEGE GRADUATE COLLEGE

Sec. 16. ( a ) The Graduate College shall have jurisdiction over all programs leading to the master's degree and all programs leading to the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of the Science of Law, Doctor of Musical Arts, and other graduate degrees as determined by Senate action and approved by the Board of Trustees. It is the responsibility of the Graduate College to safeguard and promote standards of graduate work on the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago Professional Colleges campuses and to promote and assist in the development of research in all fields. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Graduate College shall be governed by the same regulations as govern other colleges. (c) The faculty of the Graduate College consists of the President, the Vice-President and Provost, the Vice-President in Charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges, the Dean, the Associate and Assistant Deans of the Graduate College, and all those who on the recommendation of the departments or of other teaching or research divisions have been approved by the Executive Committee and the Dean of the Graduate College to be in independent charge of courses designed for graduate students or of theses to be submitted for higher degrees. (d) The Executive Committee consists of sixteen members: (1) eight elected members, four of whom shall be elected annually for two-year terms by the faculty of the Graduate College; (2) six members, three of whom shall be appointed each year for two-year terms by the President on the nomination of the Dean of the Graduate College in consultation with the members elected that year; and (3) the Associate Dean of the Chicago Professional Colleges Division of the Graduate College; and (4) the Dean of the Graduate College, who is ex officio a member and chairman of the Committee. Members elected or appointed shall hold office for two-year terms except that, for initial appointments or elections hereunder, one-half of the members of each group shall be designated to serve for one year and one-half for two years. When meeting to give advice on the appointment of the Dean, the senior faculty member (in terms of service at the University) on the Executive Committee shall be chairman and the Dean shall not be a member of the committee. (e) Graduate work at the Chicago Professional Colleges shall be con-