Policy 2-003: President of the University; Policy 6-001: Academic Units and Academic Governance - Roles of Faculties, Committees, Councils, and the Academic Senate; and Policy 6-002: The Academic Senate and Senate Committees - Authority, Structure, Functions, and Procedures
Effective January 13, 2026, the university revised several policies to ensure that university regulations comply with state law that establishes responsibilities of institution of higher education presidents. These revision include changes to the following policies:
- Policy 2-003: The President of the University
- Policy 2-004: Organization of the University
- Policy 6-001: Academic Units and Academic Governance – Roles of Faculties, Committees, Councils, and Academic Senate
- Policy 6-002: The Academic Senate and Senate Committees – Authority, Structure, Functions, and Procedures
In addition the university created a new rule -- Rule R6-001A: Creation, Significant Modification, and Discontinuance of the Academic Units of Free-standing Division, Department, School, College, and Library -- to document the existing process for creating or modifying academic units. The university also moved information about meetings of the faculty as a whole from Policy 6-001 into a new rule, Rule R6-001D: Meeting Procedures for the University Faculty as a Whole.
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