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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-