Illinois Statutes Chapter 110. Higher Education § 35/1. Election

§ 1. The board of trustees, directors or managers, or the senate, of any college, seminary, academy or other educational institution, incorporated under any general or special law of this state, solely for educational purposes, and possessing no capital stock, may elect its own presiding officer for such term as such board or senate may determine, the provisions of any special charter to the contrary notwithstanding.