N.J. Admin. Code § 9A:1-1.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 9A:1-1.6 - Organization and administration

(a) The institution shall be organized to provide sufficient administrative, program, and resource support to attain its mission. The roles and responsibilities of administrators, faculty, and staff should be appropriate to its mission and described in writing.

(b) From an organizational perspective, effective use of an institution's human, physical, and financial resources requires a critical mass of students in order to demonstrate a need for the institution and to provide the learning environment described in its mission statement.

(c) Consistent with the institution's mission, the institution's governing board shall oversee all legal aspects of its operations, set institutional policy, plan for the institution, monitor progress toward fulfilling the mission, and ensure continuous institutional assessment and planning. In addition, the board should develop and maintain policies (by-laws) that specify its own duties, responsibilities, and procedures, as well as its membership, manner of appointment, and terms of office. The board is responsible for selecting the institution's chief executive officer, who leads its administration.

(d) Reporting to the governing board, the chief executive officer is responsible for the following:

1. Administering the governing board's policies;

2. Providing general educational leadership and promote educational effectiveness;

3. Maintaining appropriate administrative records;

4. Establishing academic/administrative regulations and procedures dealing with:

i. Organizational structure;

ii. Personnel appointments, reappointments, tenure, and promotions;

iii. Salary schedules;

iv. Budgets;

v. Planning, development, and management of facilities;

vi. Educational programs, academic policies, and research;

vii. Granting of degrees; and

viii. Community service;

5. Preparing and submitting such reports as the governing board, the Presidents' Council, or the Secretary may request; and

6. Providing official publications, such as student and faculty handbooks, a catalog, and other related documents or publications, to interested persons at intervals sufficient to ensure currently or information.

(e) Each institutional constituency directly concerned with the educational process including, but not limited to, the administration, faculty, staff, and students should have a voice in institutional governance with respect to those issues with which it is appropriately concerned. Such participation should be defined in writing.

(f) Statements of institutional principles, policies, and procedures governing topics such as academic integrity and academic freedom should be developed and disseminated widely among the institutional community. These statements should be reviewed periodically, and proper measures should be established to see that they are enforced.

N.J. Admin. Code § 9A:1-1.6

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 3112(a), effective 12/21/2015