Board of Regents
Campus oversight committee
A Board of Regents is a governing body that oversees a university or state university system.
Members—called regents—set policy, approve budgets, hire presidents, and represent institutional interests.
The term appears most often in American public higher education: The Board of Regents voted to freeze tuition.
Some states use the name for bodies governing other institutions, like museums.
- universityHigher education institution
- state universityGovernment-funded higher education institution
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- chancellorSenior administrative official
oversight · rubber stamp · academic · ivory tower · appointment · term limits · public · public meeting · state · higher education · degree programs · vote · tenure · policy · campus · president · athletic director · committee
Board of Regentsstudent body
Collective term for enrollees
students · faculty · teaching staff · professors · faculty senate
Board of Regentsfreshman
First-year student
undergraduate · teaching assistant · graduate student · groundskeeper · cafeteria worker
Board of Regentsstudents
Those receiving instruction
undergraduates · freshman class · teaching assistants · grounds crew · adjuncts
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