ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Section 309 Organization & Establishment of Major Units
Effective: 1/29/90
Last Revised: 5/18/2026
Responsible Office: Academic and Student Affairs
Policy Statement:
The Board of Trustees recognizes that a university is a dynamic institution that must anticipate as well as respond to changing programmatic, social, and demographic conditions. From time to time, the System and/or institution will want to add or eliminate operating units or conduct a significant university reorganization in order to continue effectively and efficiently to meet its mission and carry out its daily operations.
Chancellor review and Board approval is required for university actions involving major university units such as vice-presidential divisions, colleges, schools, academic divisions, and departments in the categories listed below when there are budget and/or mission implications for the individual university or System:
1. Reorganization, establishment, elimination, or merging of colleges, schools, academic divisions and departments, off-campus Instructional centers, and centers, institutes, laboratories, and bureaus in the research and public service areas.
2. Establishment of university centers or other new units that provide academic or student support services and commit university resources over an extended period of time.
Renaming of an academic or research unit where there is neither a substantial change in mission and/or budget nor a change in organizational level does not require approval by the Board of Trustees, but the Chancellor shall be informed of any change in the name of a unit.
Related Documents:
Administrative Procedures for Organization and Establishment of Major Units