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224 BOABD OF TRUSTEES [January ij
(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 of
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 of
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 so
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&