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The President shall attend and may participate in, without the privilege of voting, the meetings of the Board and its Executive Committee. He may attend and participate in, without the privilege of voting, meetings of other committees of the Board. He shall make all nominations for appointments for terms of more than one year, and all recommendations for promotions, salaries, transfers, suspensions, and dismissals of administrative officers, members of the institutional and scientific staffs, and all other employees of the institutions comprising The University of North Carolina.

He shall be responsible to the Board, for the preparation of the consolidated budget of the institutions of The University of North Carolina and its presentation to the Budget Commission, the General Assembly, and Committees of the General Assembly for the development and maintenance of The University of North Carolina.

(c) RELATION OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE UNIVERSITY

The President shall be the leader, coordinator, and consolidator of all the institutions of The University of North Carolina in accord with the principle of allocated functions; and he shall promote the general welfare and development of The University in its several parts and as a whole.

The President shall be a member of all faculties. He shall have authority to decide all questions of jurisdiction, disagreement, and appeal not otherwise specifically defined, between the several institutions, councils, faculties, officers, and student bodies. The faculties, staffs, or student bodies or any member thereof may have the right of appeal from the Chancellor to the President, and from the President to the Board, the appeal to be submitted through the Chancellor and the President. The President may refer for investigation and report any question of institutional concern or policy to any council, faculty, scientific, extension, or administrative staff. The channel for official communications between the President and the several institutions in such matters shall be through the Chancellors.

The President shall assume, and retain at all times, control over all budgets of The University. He shall approve revisions of budgets including reallocations of unexpended funds, and he shall approve expenditures under the budget.

The President shall establish an organization to carry out effectively the policies of The University. He shall interpret the organization to the Board of Trustees and to the officers and faculties of The University. He shall insure that The University and its components are properly staffed with personnel competent to discharge their responsibilities effectively, and that adequate opportunities are provided for the development and advancement of such personnel.

The President shall establish and maintain lines of communication adequate to insure prompt perception of needs for problem identification and analysis, decision, and policy formulation.

In carrying out his duties and responsibilities, the President may delegate to subordinate officers portions of those duties with the required authority for their fulfillment However, this shall not reduce the President's over-all responsibility for those portions of duties which he may delegate.