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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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tive Dean, who shall be appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees on the nomination of the President. When a new Executive Dean is to be selected, the President shall have the advice of a committee drawn from the Senate of the Chicago Undergraduate Division. The Executive Dean shall be a member of the faculties of the Division. In the absence of the President, he shall preside at meetings of the Chicago Undergraduate Division Senate. Administratively, he shall act within the lines of general policy set forth in these Statutes and in conformity with specific policies adopted by the Board of Trustees or transmitted to him by the President. He may make recommendations to the Board of Trustees, through the President, on matters of general policy pertaining to the Division. He shall make such recommendations to the President and to the Chicago Undergraduate Division Senate as he may deem desirable for the proper conduct and development of the work of the Division. In consultation with the Advisory Council, he shall prepare the proposed annual and biennial budgets for the Chicago Undergraduate Division, and shall present these budgets to the President and the University Council for consideration and inclusion in the University budget. He shall recommend to the President suitable persons for appointment to positions in the Division. (d) There shall be an Advisory Council for the Executive Dean in charge of the Chicago Undergraduate Division composed of the associate deans, the Director of Physical Education, the Assistant Dean of the Division, the chief representative of the Vice-President and Comptroller of the University, the chief representative of the Director of the Physical Plant of the University, three members of the Senate of the Chicago Undergraduate Division elected by that Senate, and such other members as the Advisory Council shall from time to time recommend to the Executive Dean for inclusion. The Council shall have no legislative functions. It shall meet once in each academic semester and at such other times as the Executive Dean shall deem necessary. The Executive Dean shall be chairman at meetings of the Council. (e) The Division as organized is divided into Faculties as follows: the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (which includes course offerings in Education), the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, the Faculty of Engineering (including courses in Art and Architecture), and the Faculty of Physical Education. (f) The Faculty shall have the powers and responsibilities outlined for colleges in Section 8. The addition of work in new fields and courses in areas currently included may be proposed by a Faculty of the Chicago Undergraduate Division after consultation with the appropriate committees of the Urbana-Champaign colleges offering the same work. Such additions are subject to approval by the Chicago Undergraduate Division Senate and the Senate Coordinating Council. (g) Each Faculty shall have an Associate Dean or Director who shall have administrative charge of its affairs within the general framework of the Division. The Associate Dean or Director is the chief executive officer of his Faculty responsible to the Executive Dean and is the agent of his Faculty in the execution of educational policy. He shall be appointed in the manner prescribed in Section 9 of these Statutes, except that the recommendation shall be made to the President by the Executive Dean of the Division and after consultation with the Advisory Council and the Executive Committee of the Faculty concerned. (h) The Faculties may be divided into appropriate departments or divi-