Fiscal Year 2017

Point of Contact: Melody Munson-McGee

E-mail: mmunsonm@nmsu.edu

Board Website if Applicable:

Established Date: Before 1965

Office Providing Administrative Support: Provost's office

Authorizing Body or Offical: BOR Policy

Type of Board: Standing

Scope of Impact: System

Process for Selecting Chair: No process. Chair is the Provost.

Members appointed by: Position

Chair: Daniel Howard

E-mail: dahoward@nmsu.edu

Members:

Chancellor Garrey Carruthers

Provost Daniel Howard

Dean Rolando Flores

Dean Enrico Pontelli

Dean James Hoffman

Dean Don Pope-Davis

Dean Lakshmi Reddi

Dean Donna Wagner

Dean Elizabeth Titus

Dean Miriam Chaiken

Dean Loui Reyes

Interim Vice President Luis Vazquez

Faculty Senate Chair Christopher Brown

What are the requirements for the number of meetings to be held annually? None

Was the requirement for the number of meetings met? Yes

Purpose:

From Policy Manual

1. Provide an administrative vehicle for the dissemination of information, provide ready pooling of ideas, and provide a testing ground for the matters of concern to the administration of the university.
2. Make recommendations and discuss with the Chancellor problems relating to improvement in the administration of the institution.
3. Act as a sounding board and evaluation body for new ideas emanating from the staff or administration.
4. Consider ways and means of improving the academic quality and other aspects of the institution, including proposals dealing with academic policies and programs.
5. Coordinate efforts of the various deans and provide for desirable uniformity in carrying out institutional policy.
6. Provide administration-level coordination between the various agencies, colleges, and schools of the university.
7. Stimulate other official groups in the full development of action within respective areas.
8. Establish, from time to time, special committees and groups to render specialized service in developing recommendations in given areas.
9. Consider recommendations emanating from the NMSU Employee Council when appropriate.

Authority:

1. Provide an administrative vehicle for the dissemination of information, provide ready pooling of ideas, and provide a testing ground for the matters of concern to the administration of the university.
2. Make recommendations and discuss with the Chancellor problems relating to improvement in the administration of the institution.
3. Act as a sounding board and evaluation body for new ideas emanating from the staff or administration.
4. Consider ways and means of improving the academic quality and other aspects of the institution, including proposals dealing with academic policies and programs.
5. Coordinate efforts of the various deans and provide for desirable uniformity in carrying out institutional policy.
6. Provide administration-level coordination between the various agencies, colleges, and schools of the university.
7. Stimulate other official groups in the full development of action within respective areas.
8. Establish, from time to time, special committees and groups to render specialized service in developing recommendations in given areas.
9. Consider recommendations emanating from the NMSU Employee Council when appropriate.

Major Accomplishment:

Policy discussions and reviews, administrative level coordination of a wide variety of initiatives, such as compliance training, Student success and enrollment initiatives, accreditation, faculty credentialing, promotion and tenure policy review, new academic programs, and distance education.