Regulations on the Procedure for Preparing Candidates to Occupy Professorial Positions in Higher Specialized Educational Institutions of the Ministry of Public Education
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These regulations set out the Ministry of Public Education’s procedure for preparing candidates for professorial posts in higher specialized, particularly technical, educational institutions. They define the selection of distinguished graduates, the duration and funding of stipends, required scientific and practical training, limited instructional duties, reporting obligations, examinations, and conditions for discontinuing support. The document also establishes provisions for further study or practical assignments in Russia and abroad, including maintenance rates, reporting requirements, and possible extensions for especially qualified candidates.
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Proceedings
of the Tomsk Technological Institute
of Emperor Nicholas II
Vol. 16. 1909. No. 4.
IV.
REGULATIONS
on the procedure for preparing candidates to hold professorships
in higher specialized educational institutions
of the Ministry of Public Education.
1–2.
APPROVED, July 18, 1904.
The Acting Minister of Public Education,
Lieutenant General (signed) Glazov.
REGULATIONS
on the procedure for preparing candidates to hold professorships in higher specialized educational institutions of the Ministry of Public Education.
- For preparation for professorial activity at higher technical educational institutions, in special subjects, candidates are elected annually by the Council or Academic Committee from among persons who have completed the course with distinction and who, while still taking the course, have shown a serious interest in scientific research in their chosen specialty.
Note. The Academic Committees and Councils of higher specialized educational institutions are to draw up appropriate rules for selecting candidates for stipends, to be approved by the Ministry of Public Education.
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The candidate is retained at the educational institution for two years, with an extension of this term in special cases, with the permission of the Ministry, for one more year, and is granted a stipend from the funds of the Ministry of Public Education of 1,200 rubles per year. The period of retention at the educational institution, as well as the time of travel assignments in Russia and abroad, upon entry into state service, is counted as actual service.*)
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The stipend-holder’s range of activities includes: a) the closest study of the subject of his specialty and of the general subjects connected with it, as well as the experimental elaboration of topics at the direction of professors or by his own choice; and b) the study of factory and plant practice through travel assignments to Russian plants and factories.
*) The same rights are enjoyed by persons retained for preparation for professorial activity at higher specialized educational institutions, but without maintenance from Treasury funds or else on private stipends.
- The scholarship holders, if it is found useful by the Council or by the Educational Committee of the educational institution, shall take part in supervising students’ work in laboratories and drawing rooms, or in students’ exercises, without special remuneration for this and on the condition that the scholarship holder devote no more than 2–3 hours per week to such work.
The program of the scholarship holder’s work shall be established by the Council or by the Educational Committee.
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At the end of each half-year the scholarship holder shall submit a report on the progress of his work, which shall be discussed by the Council or by the Educational Committee; in the event that the scholarship holder’s work is unsuccessful, the scholarship may be discontinued.
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A scholarship holder retained at the educational institution, upon the expiration of the term appointed for this, shall undergo an examination in the subject of his specialty and in the general subjects connected with it, before a special commission appointed by the Educational Committee or by the Council of the educational institution.
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The best of the scholarship holders who have passed the said examination shall be sent, with the permission of the Ministry of Public Education, abroad for a term of 1–2 years, with maintenance from the funds of the Ministry in the amount of 2,000 rubles.
In especially meritorious cases the term of the foreign posting may be extended for one further year.
In the case of postings within Russia, the amount of maintenance for the scholarship holder shall be fixed at 1,500 rubles per year.
Note. The same postings, on the same conditions, upon the petitions of the Educational Committees and Councils of higher specialized educational institutions, may be granted to persons occupying the posts of laboratory assistants and assistants in these institutions.
- Scholarship holders posted within Russia and abroad shall be obliged to submit to the appropriate educational institutions reports on their scientific work at least three times a year; the conclusions of the Educational Committees and Councils on these reports shall be communicated, in the established manner, to the Ministry of Public Education.
Head of the Department
of Industrial Schools (signed) N. Tavil’darov.
Clerk (signed) M. Georgievsky.