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Council of the Princeton University Community

• In May 1969, a Special Committee on the Structure of the University, chaired by Professor of Politics Stanley Kelley, proposed the creation of the Council of the Princeton University Community.

• The council, which first met on Oct. 27, 1969, was designed as "a permanent conference of the representatives of all major groups of the University" where "they could each raise problems that concern them and ... be exposed to each other's views," according to "A Princeton Companion."

• The council has the authority to "consider and investigate any question of University policy, any aspect of the governing of the University and any general issue related to the welfare of the University; and to make recommendations regarding any such matters to the appropriate decision-making bodies ... or to the appropriate officers of the University," according to its charter. The group typically gathers once a month, October through May, in meetings that are open to the public.

• Membership includes six senior officers of the University, 15 faculty members, 12 undergraduates, seven graduate students, four alumni and seven staff members.

• The Committee on Priorities, which reviews the operating budget of the University (see story in this issue), is one of the council's six standing committees.