(a) The board of trustees shall appoint a president who shall serve as the chief executive officer of the university and as secretary to the board and shall perform all services as may be required by the board. The compensation of the president, including the emoluments and prerequisites necessary to carry out the functions of the office, shall be fixed by the board.
(b) The board of trustees may act as a body, or may delegate by resolution or bylaw to a committee of the board or to the president, the authority to do any of the following:
(1) Institute, regulate, alter, or modify the organization of the university, subject to the review and approval of the board.
(2) Appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty of the university.
(3) Appoint other instructors, officers, and professionals as the interest of the university may require.
(4) Hire personnel, establish and implement personnel rules, and establish policies and practices for hiring, promoting, demoting, and terminating instructors, other personnel, and employees, or for taking any other action consistent with this section.
(5) Fix, increase, or decrease the salaries or compensation of individual instructors and other personnel.
(6) Remove any instructors or other personnel.
(7) Prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition, and fees, subject to the review and approval of the board.
(8) Confer academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character.
Last modified: May 3, 2021