Bulletin Report of The Commission on The Chinese University of Hong Kong March 1976

for academic and development policy, financial management, the matriculati of students, the appointment of staff, the determination of the curriculum, the conduct of examinations and the award of degrees. (b) The Council 71. There should continue to be a Council and it should retain all its present powers and functions except in so far as the changes in College organisation which we recommend in section 4(2) below necessitate conseque amendments. 72. As far as its composition is concerned we recommend no change except for the following: (i) a nominee of the proposed Board of Trustees of each College should be included instead of a nominee of each of the existing Boards of Governors ； (ii) the Head of each College should be a member of the Council ； (this is not a material change as it reflects only a change in terminology ) (iii) the Deans of Faculties should be members of Council. If however, the University introduces Schools of Studies (see paragraph 68), a different arrangement should be made, as it would be important to ensure an adequate representation of the Schools of Studies as the primary form of academic organisation. In that event the number of chairmen of Schools of Studies elected by the Senate to serve on the Council should not exceed say 6. (iv) one “Fellow” of each College, elected by its Assembly of Fellows, should be added to the Council. We further suggest that the University should consider how much longer it wishes to have on the Council as many as 4 “persons from universities or educational organisations outside Hong Kong". (c) The Senate 73. The Senate should continue to have the same powers and functions as at present except insofar as changes in the academic organisation of the Colleges necessitate consequential modifications. The Senate should consist of the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Heads of the Colleges, the Deans of the Faculties (or Chairmen of Schools of Studies), the Professors, one Reader or Senior Lecturer in respect of each academic subject in which there is no Professor, the Librarian, and 6 Fellows, 2 from each College elected by the Assembly of Fellows of that College. The number of Fellows elected to serve on the Senate should be reviewed after a trial period to see whether the Senate has achieved the right proportion between those members primarily concerned with “student-orientated" teaching and the remainder. (d) The Administrative and Academic Planning Committee 74. The Administrative and Academic Planning Committee should be continued with the same range of functions as at present. It should consist of the Vice-Chancellor as chairman, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Heads of the College and the Deans of the Faculties. If the University adopts Schools of Studies, the Chairmen of the Schools to a number equivalent to that of the present number of Deans of Faculties should be elected to serve on the Committee by the Senate.