Board of Governance

Responsibilities:

• Establish, disseminate, and keep current the institution’s mission. At public institutions, ensure that the mission is aligned with public purposes.
• Recruit, appoint, support, and evaluate the chief executive officer to lead the institution.
• Charge the chief executive with the task of leading a strategic planning process, participate in that process, approve the strategic plan, and monitor its progress.
• Ensure the institution’s fiscal integrity, preserve and protect its assets for posterity, and engage directly in fundraising and philanthropy.
• Ensure the educational quality of institution and its academic programs.
• Preserve and protect the institutional autonomy and academic freedom.
• Ensure that institutional policies and processes are current and properly implemented.
• In concert with senior administration, engage regularly with the institution’s major constituencies.