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CONTROL AND ADMINISTRATION
vote by mail on vital questions without the necessity of being present
at meetings. The ordinary custom is to permit the attendance only
of members of the board and the president of the institution at
board meetings, but at 17 institutions the chief business officer of
the college is present and at 4 others members of the faculty are
admitted. Seven governing bodies permit representatives of the
press to attend and the meetings of six boards are open to the general
public.
In all the land-grant institutions the boards have adopted by-
laws and regulations for the control of their own procedure and for
the government of the institutions. The by-laws in some instances
date back as far as 1865 but recent revisions have been made to meet
the changed conditions in practically every instance. There are 12
governing bodies that have revised their by-laws within the last 5
years while 8 others have made revisions within the past 10 years.
The boards of the remaining institutions have changed their by-
laws at various dates prior to 1918.
That the boards of trustees have initiated significant modifica-
tions in the procedure and administration of a number of the colleges
is indicated by the reports. Such changes are reported by 17 insti-
tutions. In several cases, an entire reorganization of the institution
has been effected while in others new and modern practices have
been installed through action by the governing bodies. The changes
consist principally of improvements in the business organizations,
in the expansion of educational activities, and in the enforcement
of new policies affecting the academic programs, staff, and students.
As members of the governing bodies are frequently uninformed
about the particular questions and business transactions to be con-
sidered at the meetings, it is advisable that they be furnished with
briefs in advance of the sessions. This plan is followed regularly
in 11 land-grant colleges and in 31 occasionally. Copies of the
minutes of the meetings are supplied to the president in 36 institu-
tions and to all board members in 33. The minutes in 32 cases are
sent to the members immediately after the meetings. There are
four cases where,they are presented to the board immediately before
the next following meeting. In making reports of the meetings,
stenographic reports of all discussions are made by only one institu-
tion while the discussions are incorporated as a part of the official
proceedings in one. The remaining boards limit the records of pro-
ceedings to motions, resolutions, balloting, and formal items. Pro-
ceedings of the governing bodies of 7 institutions are published in
printed form, 2 being printed annually, 2 biennially, 2 after each
meeting, and 1 at indefinite times.
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