SECTION 4 - PROGRAM GOVERNANCE AND PROCEDURES

Executive Officer

The Program shall have an Executive Officer responsible for administering the affairs of the program in accordance with the policies established by the program faculty, the Graduate Council, and the Board of Trustees.

The Executive Officer shall be appointed by the President for a term not exceeding three years. The President shall actively solicit nominations and counsel from the individual members of the Executive Committee, doctoral faculty, and students matriculated in the Program concerning this appointment. The Executive Officer may be reappointed.

The Executive Officer shall preside at meetings of the Program's faculty, of its Executive Committee, and of its Faculty Membership Committee. The Executive Officer shall have authority to initiate policies and actions concerning the affairs of the Program, subject to the powers delegated by the Graduate Council Governance of the GSUC as to the Program's faculty. The Executive Officer shall serve ex officio as a member of all Program committees.

Courses to be offered each semester shall be determined by the Executive Officer after consultation with representative groups of faculty and students. The Executive Officer shall assign faculty to teach these courses.

The Executive Officer shall work with chairs of college departments in Comparative Literature to develop procedures for making new senior faculty appointments useful both to the college department and to The Graduate School and University Center program.

In accordance with the policy set down by the Board of Trustees, the Executive Officer shall try to ensure that department chairs give preference, when recruiting part-time faculty, to qualified students enrolled in the doctoral program.