Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

626

JULY MEETING, 1938

The Regents formally designated the expedition being carried on
during the present summer by Associate Professor Dow V. Baxter for
the collection of forest fungi on Kodiak Island and the nearby mainland as "The University of Michigan Expedition of 1938 for Collecting
Forest Fungi on Kodiak Island and Near Mainland."
Various communications were received through different channels
and from different senders with respect to matters involving the
Ann Arbor Press (p. 596). The Board directed that the Ann Arbor
Press and employees of the Ann Arbor Press be advised that they
may appear, by committees, before the Board of Regents at the next
regular meeting of the Regents, if either the management or the
employees desire to do so. Regent Shields and Regent Lynch voted no.
The Regents gave approval to the following plan of co-operation
in graduate instruction between the University of Michigan and the
State Teachers Colleges of Michigan (p. 497):
PROPOSED PLAN OF CO-OPERATION IN GRADUATE INSTRUCTION
BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND THE STATE
TEACHERS COLLEGES OF MIICHIGAN
In view of the enlarging demand for advanced study beyond the baccalaureate
degree on the part of an increasing number of teachers and school officials the
four Teachers Colleges of Michigan feel the necessity of developing some program
of graduate work. In the interests of economy in the State program of higher
education, as well as to avoid unwise- duplication of effort in graduate work, and to
present instruction of highest quality, it would seem desirable to plan to meet this
growing demand for graduate work through the development of a co-operative
plan between the University of Michigan and the Teachers Colleges. With these
purposes in view the following proposals are submitted as a possible co-operative
plan:
I. Organization and Administration
1. It is proposed that the Graduate School of the University, with the
consent of the Board of Regents, adopt a policy providing that any, or all, of the
four Teachers Colleges, with the approval of the State Board of Education, may
establish a graduate division to be organized and administered in co-operation
with the University of Michigan in accordance with plans outlined in the succeeding paragraphs. This graduate division shall be known as the Graduate Division
of...................................................... in C o-operation with the University of Michigan.
2. To facilitate the organization of the graduate division of a Teachers
College the University shall appoint an official of the Graduate School who will
have the responsibility of advising the Teachers College regarding co-operative
programs of graduate work. In order that this adviser may function effectively,
it is proposed that each Teachers College in which a graduate division is organized
provide for a graduate council consisting of from five to nine members, with the
President an ex-officio member. In so far as possible these members should be
selected from the staff members of the upper academic ranks who possess the
Ph.D. degree or its equivalent. It is proposed that the chairman of this graduate
council shall serve as director of graduate study of the Teachers College. It is
further recommended that the graduate council, with the advice of the University
adviser, shall be responsible for planning such inquiries as may reveal the fields
in which there is a demand for graduate work in the area served by a Teachers
College. The council, with the aid of the University adviser, shall also be responsible for enforcing the same standards and requirements for graduate work as are
enforced for students enrolled in the University.
3. It is proposed that all graduate courses offered in a graduate division be
organized on the semester rather than the term basis, in order to facilitate the
transfer of credit, to avoid misunderstandings about fees, and to simplify the
problem of co-operation of University staff members in course offerings.
II. Faculty, Courses, and Equipment
1. The courses offered in a graduate division in a Teachers College shall
be given by staff members of the University of Michigan who have been approved
as graduate instructors and by such staff members of the Teachers College as