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its written recommendation accordingly, and shall transmit the recommendation to the faculty member and to the Chancellor; and the Chancellor shall forward it to the President. Publication of such recommendation may be authorized only by the Chancellor, with the approval of the President. The two immediately preceding sentences of this paragraph shall apply whether or nota hearing has been held.

(e) If the President concurs, a recommendation of the committee, whether favorable or unfavorable to the faculty member, shall be final. If the committee's recommendation is other than for unconditional retention of the faculty member ( indefinitely if on permanent tenure, otherwise to the end of the stated term), the President, in lieu of concurrence, may: (1) with the consent of the faculty member, take any action more favorable to the faculty member than the committee's written recommendation, which action shall be final; or (2) authorize the faculty member to appeal to the Trustees. If the committee recommendation is for unconditional retention, the President shall take no action contrary to it except that, upon recommendation of the Chancellor, he may request that the Trustees review the case and take final action.

(f) The Chancellor shall, in every case, advise the President as to whether the Chancellor concurs in the Committee's recommendation. He shall state his reasons in writing and a copy shall be furnished to the faculty member.

(g) In any case brought before the Trustees, a hearing shall be accorded by the Executive Committee, which may proceed through a subcommittee. The hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as the hearing before the faculty committee; the faculty member shall have the same rights; and the decision of the hearing committee shall be reached solely upon the evidence adduced at the hearing and such argument, oral or written, as the hearing committee may allow. The charges or summary of information shall be the same as those before the faculty committee, unless" modified in favor of the faculty member by the President; and the hearing committee shall, in the same manner as the faculty committee, consider general fitness as well as the specific offenses. If the hearing committee is a subcommittee, it shall report to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall direct the action, if any, to be taken by the Chancellor.

(h) The Chancellor has authority, with the approval of the President, to suspend a faculty member at any time after giving notice of intention to discharge, and to continue such suspension until final decision has been reached by the procedures herein prescribed. The Chancellor's power to suspend shall not be exercised unless the charges are of such nature that, if assumed to be true, they demonstrate moral turpitude, neglect of duty, or incompetence of a character clearly indicating that the accused is unfit to continue as a member of the faculty. Suspension shall always be with pay.

(i) Once he has requested a hearing, the faculty member shall not be discharged, without his consent, until final decision is reached (and then only in accordance with such decision), provided that the