(1) Regional campus.
(a) A regional campus may be created to
provide instruction, outreach, and research for a geographical service area
distinct from the Kent campus.
(b)
Each regional campus provides on-site academic and administrative services and
generally maintains its own physical plant.
(c) Regional campus faculty set degree
requirements for associate degree programs through cognate committees with the
approval of the provost, the regional campuses curriculum committee, the
college curriculum committee, and the educational policies council and the
faculty senate.
(d) The regional
campus is a unit of analysis for student headcount, credit hour generation,
faculty appointments, academic staff, and budgetary support.
(e) A regional campus shall be established or
eliminated by the Ohio board of regents and the KSU board of trustees upon the
recommendation of the president and the provost. Prior to recommending the
establishment or elimination of a regional campus, or the substantial
modification of the academic structures of an existing campus, the president
and provost shall consider the recommendation of the vice president for
regional development and the executive dean for regional campuses. The
president and provost also shall consider a recommendation from the appropriate
curricular and governance bodies, including the regional campuses FAC and
curricular committee, the educational policies council and the faculty
senate.
(f) A regional campus shall
be headed by a dean who shall have a dual reporting line to the provost and to
the vice president for regional development.
(2) College.
(a) A college may be created to align more
effectively academic departments, schools, and programs that share a common
mission, similar instructional goals, and related scholarly programs.
Typically, the component units of a college shall represent disciplinary or
professional specialties that have a close affinity with one another.
(b) The primary rationale for a college is to
facilitate cooperation and collaboration among its various academic components
while at the same time providing enhanced visibility and stature for these
units within the university and with external publics.
(c) A college is also expected to yield
substantial benefits for faculty, students, and staff, as well as external
constituent groups.
(d) A college
shall be established or eliminated by the board of trustees upon the
recommendation of the president and the provost. Prior to recommending the
establishment or elimination of a college, or the substantial modification of
the structures of an existing college, the provost shall consider the
recommendation of the appropriate curricular and governance bodies, including
the educational policies council and the faculty senate.
(e) A college shall be headed by a dean who
shall report directly to the chief academic officer of the university (i.e.,
provost) and who shall have primary responsibility for all curricular,
budgetary, and personnel actions of the college. The dean shall be appointed by
the provost upon the recommendation of the appropriate advisory body and
approval of the board of trustees.
(3) Departments and dependent schools.
(a) A department or dependent school may be
created to house one or more academic programs with associated faculty, degree
programs, and students.
(b) The
primary rationale for a department or dependent school is to provide
instruction in a professional discipline, an academic area or field. Each
department has a resident faculty that offers instruction in one or more
academic disciplines or fields. Each dependent school has a resident faculty
that offers instruction in one or more professional disciplines, academic areas
or fields.
(c) Department and
dependent school faculty set degree requirements for unit major programs, with
the approval of the college curriculum committee and the educational policies
council.
(d) The department or
dependent school is a unit of analysis for student headcount, credit hour
generation, faculty appointments, academic staff, and budgetary
support.
(e) Other purposes of
departments and dependent schools are to focus scholarly and disciplinary
activities of the faculty and to provide professional services in the areas(s)
of departmental expertise.
(f) A
department or dependent school shall be established or eliminated by the board
of trustees upon the recommendation of the president, the provost, and the
dean. Prior to recommending the establishment or elimination of a department or
dependent school, or the substantial modification of the structure of an
existing department(s) or dependent school(s), the provost shall consider the
recommendations of the appropriate curricular and governance bodies, including
the college curriculum committee, educational policies council and the faculty
senate.
(g) A department or
dependent school shall be headed by a chair or director who shall have primary
responsibility for all curricular, budgetary, and personnel actions of the
unit. The chair/director shall be appointed by the dean in consultation with
the provost upon the recommendation of the appropriate faculty advisory body
and approval of the board of trustees.
(4) Independent school or graduate school.
(a) An independent school or graduate school
may be created to house one or more academic programs with associated faculty,
degree programs, and students.
(b)
The primary rationale for an independent school or graduate school is to
provide instruction in a professional field. Each independent school has a
resident faculty that offers instruction in one or more professional
disciplines or fields.
(c)
Independent school or graduate school faculty set degree requirements for the
school's major programs, with the approval of the educational policies
council.
(d) The independent school
or graduate school is a unit of analysis for student headcount, credit hour
generation, faculty appointments, academic staff, and budgetary
support.
(e) Other purposes of
independent schools and graduate schools are to focus scholarly and
professional activities of the faculty and to provide professional services in
the area(s) of the school's expertise.
(f) An independent school or graduate school
shall be established or eliminated by the board of trustees upon the
recommendation of the president, the provost, and the dean. Prior to
recommending the establishment or elimination of an independent school or
graduate school, or the substantial modification of the structure of an
existing independent school(s) or graduate school, the provost shall consider
the recommendations of the appropriate curricular and governance bodies,
including the educational policies council and the faculty senate.
(g) An independent school or graduate school
shall be headed by a dean who shall report directly to the chief academic
officer of the university (i.e., provost) and who shall have primary
responsibility for all curricular, budgetary, and personnel actions of the
school. The dean shall be appointed by the provost in consultation with the
appropriate advisory body and approval of the board of trustees.
(5) Divisions.
Divisions within academic affairs exist to provide services
beyond those offered by colleges, department and dependent schools, or
independent schools and graduate schools. These services include, for instance,
advising, fundraising, instruction in library use and in research methods,
management of the library's collections and databases, and planning and
installation of classroom technology, and/or technology support. Current
divisions include:
(a) libraries and
media services;
(b) research and
graduate studies;
(c) undergraduate
studies.
(6) Institute.
Institutes established by academic
administrative structure shall be governed by rule
3342-2-03.2 of the
Administrative Code.
(7) Center.
Centers established as an academic administrative structure
shall be governed by rule
3342-2-03.3 of the
Administrative Code.
(8) Other designations for general-purpose
organizational structures.
Supplemental academic
administrative structures receiving, or eligible to receive, institutional
recognition and support may be established by the appropriate dean with
the approval of the provost. These structures are
designed to align with a unit's strategic mission, but do not meet the
requirements of a center or institute.
(a)
The minimum requirements and procedures for
establishing such supplemental academic administrative structures shall be
established and maintained by the provost.
(b)
Prior to
recommending the establishment of a supplemental
academic administrative structure to the
provost, the dean will consider the recommendations of the department
faculty advisory committee and/or the regional campus faculty advisory
committee.