Proposed Revision to 218 - Institutional Organization
Board policy:
1. The following matters require review and
approval by the Board of Regents before they can be announced and implemented.
a. formation, elimination or consolidation
of a college, division, school, department, institute, bureau, center, station, laboratory or similar unit;
b. establishment,
elimination or change in scope of an off-campus resident center;
c. designation
of a lead institution;
d. movement
of an academic unit from one college, school or division to another; and
e. changes
in the names of any of the entities covered in 1.a. above.
Procedures:
Proposals
for centers and institutes shall:
1. identify
its purpose;
2. state
its objectives;
3. briefly
describe its anticipated activities;
4. identify
all agencies, organizations and/or institutions which will be involved and
include advisory council information;
5. identify
its organizational structure within the institution;
6. describe
the interrelationships between it and the institutional role and scope mission,
including information about which departments on campus will be involved and
how the center or institute will contribute to the academic programs of the
institution;
7. identify
first year and continuing finances necessary to support it including the
sources of funding;
8. describe
other similar programs in the state and surrounding region;
9. identify
faculty expertise available for participation in its activities;
10. state
the internal campus review and approval process which has occurred prior to
submission to the Commissioner's Office.
History:
Item 24-001-R0579, Institutional organization, Montana University System, May 30, 1979 as revised October 28, 1983.
