Junior College Act Article 17

Each department in a junior college shall install a chairperson responsible for overall management of department affairs. The term of office to be served by chairpersons and the selection process shall be in accordance with the procedures set in the charter and by-laws of each junior college. Department chairpersons shall be appointed by the college president from among the full-time teachers of assistant professorship or above or vocational and technical instructors of assistant professorship or above and serve in a concurrent capacity.In response to the needs of the development of school administrative affairs, junior colleges may install a deputy chair for the department of a certain scale and with an extensive or complex range of duties. The deputy chair shall be appointed by the college president from among the full-time teachers of lectureship or above or vocational and technical instructors of lectureship or above, serve in a concurrent capacity, and assist the chairperson in undertaking the academic affairs of the department.The procedures for the term of office, reappointment, and dismissal of department chairpersons and deputy chairpersons, and other matters to be observed shall be stipulated in the charter and by-laws of each junior college.