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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 18

Amendments, University of Illinois Statutes I

(11) Since the last comprehensive revision of the University of Illinois Statutes in May 1972, several changes have been proposed by the Senates of the three campuses, and varying versions have been coordinated by the University Senates Conference. T h e conference has now forwarded the attached proposed amendments which represent a consensus of the Senates and the University Senates Conference. 1 Recommended additions are italicized. Recommended deletions are in brackets. T h e changes in Article I I I , Section 2f, deal with the composition and authority of the executive committee of the college. Changes in Article IX, Section 3e, have restated the criteria for appointments, salaries, and promotions; those in Section 5d have modified the definition of work responsibility of the academic staff. I n Article X, Section 1, a reference to a two-year term for administrative officers has been deleted and some editorial changes made. I recommend approval of the proposed amendments.

II

In February 1973 the Board provisionally approved my recommendation that provision for biennial appointments of administrative officers then appearing in the Statutes should be revised to provide for annual appointments. The Senates and the University Senates Conference have now concurred in the proposed amendment. Therefore, I recommend that the Board of Trustees finally approve the proposed amendment of the Statutes. N O T E : You will note that the conference has attempted to deal with the question of "gender usage" and, in Section 2f, has employed the usage "chairperson." Such a usage, if approved by the Board, will be applicable to all sections of the Statutes and will apply to those departmental officers we presently call "chairman."

Proposed Amendments2

Article III, Section 2f An Executive Committee of two or more members [composed of or selected from the professors, associate professors, and assistant professors in the college and] elected annually by and from the faculty[,] of the college by secret written ballot shall be the primary advisory committee to [advise] the dean of the college. It shall advise the dean on the formulation and execution of college policies and, unless otherwise provided by the faculty of the college, on promotions, dismissals, and tenure decisions and shall transact such business as may be delegated to it by the faculty. The faculty may determine the size of its Executive Committee and may choose to elect its members for two- or three-year staggered terms. Not more than one-half of the membership of the Executive Committee shall be from one department or comparable teaching unit of the college. The dean is ex officio a member and chair[man]j&erJon of the Committee. [When meeting to give] While the Executive Committee is in session to prepare its advice on appointment of the dean, or to review the dean's performance, [the senior faculty member on the Executive Committee shall be chairman, and] the dean shall not be a member[.] and the Committee shall be chaired by a Committee member elected by the Committee for that purpose.

1 Several other proposed amendments are presently being prepared by the University Senates Conference and are expected to be ready for Board consideration in the near future. 1 New material is italicized; deleted material is in brackets.