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G. CREATION OF NEW UNITS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 16

CREATION OF COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, DIVISIONS, AND INSTITUTES

Sec. 32. ( a ) Colleges. When deemed necessary for the administration of new programs requiring a new grouping of departments and fields, new colleges may be created. A new college may be proposed by any one of the three Senates or by the President. After approval by a Senate and on the recommendation of the Senate Coordinating Council, the President shall submit the proposal for the creation of a new college, together with his recommendation, to the Board of Trustees for its action. (b) Schools. Independently organized schools may be created in the same manner as colleges. (c) Institutes and General University Organizations. For the development and operation of teaching, of research, of extension, and of service programs which are horizontal or intercoUege in their scope and which cannot be developed under existing administrative agencies, there may be created such institutes, councils, divisions, or other agencies as are warranted. The creation of such horizontal agencies shall be by the same procedure as for colleges. IV. ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFS

ALL UNIVERSITY POSITIONS ON MERIT BASIS

Sec. 33. The Board of Trustees stamps with its strongest disapproval any disposition to make patronage out of University appointments. Political, social, fraternal, and church influences are to be altogether ignored, and every appointment shall be made on a merit basis. The President and other officers of the University are to feel fully assured that the Board of Trustees will heartily support them in acting on this principle.

EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES

Sec. 34. ( a ) It is the general policy of the University not to employ on its academic or administrative staff a person who is related within the third degree by blood or marriage to any other person employed on either of these staffs. (b) The President is authorized to make exceptions when in his judgment the interests of the University may be prejudicially affected by the application of such a policy. Exception shall not be made in any case, however, where one of the persons involved has authority and responsibility in the appointment or promotion of a relative within the third degree. (c) Employment in many positions in the University is subject to the provisions of the act creating the University Civil Service System of Illinois. In these positions relation to another person in the employment of the University will not be a cause for refusal to employ, for discharge, or for demotion. However, no person having authority to select a Civil Service employee shall employ any person who is related to him in the degree set out in ( a ) above. (d) The President shall have power to promulgate rules to make effective the policies set forth in this section.

APPOINTMENTS, RANKS, AND PROMOTION OF THE ACADEMIC STAFF

Sec. 35. ( a ) All appointments, reappointments, and promotions of the academic staff, as defined in Section 36 ( a ) , and administrative staff shall be made by the Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of the President.