Faculty Governance Regulations

IMD 1.123

Internal Governance and Authority over the Faculty

• (1) The President shall have the right to convene and preside over the faculty or faculties of the institution and shall have the right of veto over their decisions or those of the representative body, subject to review by the Chancellor. The President shall define the scope of authority of faculties, councils, committees, and officers, subject to review by the Chancellor, when not otherwise specifically defined by Board policy or established in the internal governance statement.
• (2) Each institution shall have the right to formulate a statement of internal governance expressed as a constitution or in other appropriate format, which shall be ratified as the official statement of internal governance by those included in the internal governance structure of the institution and by the President. The internal governance statement is subject to review and modification when a new President assumes office and at such other times as shall be provided for in the internal governance statement; any amendatory action shall also be subject to ratification by those included in the internal governance structure and by the President.

ORS-352

352.004 : Presidents of state institutions. The president of each state institution of higher education within the Oregon University System is also president of the faculty. The president is also the executive and governing officer of the institution, except as otherwise provided by statute. Subject to the supervision of the State Board of Higher Education, the president of the institution has authority to control and give general directions to the practical affairs of the institution. [Formerly 352.020; 2005 c.22 ¤249]

352.010 : Status of faculty. The president and professors constitute the faculty of each of the state institutions of higher education and as such have the immediate government and discipline of it and the students therein. The faculty may, subject to the supervision of the State Board of Higher Education under ORS 351.070, prescribe the course of study to be pursued in the institution and the textbooks to be used. [Amended by 1987 c.246 ¤4; 1989 c.492 ¤3]