Year two
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If the faculty approves the
, motion by voting ‘yes’ for it (the
vote is usually taken with a voice
vote) then it is subject to the
approval of the University
President.
The University President can
approve or veto it. If approved,
the Executive Dean enters the
motion into the University’s
Administrative Manual, or into
the next edition of the University
catalogue, or wherever is ap
propriate, depending on the
motion.
Rarely does the University
President veto a faculty-passed
motion. Wattles has said.
Relationship with state board
The Executive Dean and the
University President are both in
communication with the Chan
cellor of the State System of
Higher Education frequently.
If the Chancellor hears of some
faculty legislation that he thinks
the State Board of Higher
Education would want to take up,
he will submit the approved
motion to the state board.
The state board has final
authority over the motion—the
board has the responsibility of
administering the development
and course of higher education in
the state system, made up of nine
institutions across Oregon.
If the board takes the faculty
passed motion up, it will discuss
it at its regularly scheduled
monthly meeting, and it will
approve or disapprove it.
But the board takes up only a
few approved faculty motions
such as those dealing with
English composition
requirements, health and PE
requirements, new programs at
the University, the grading
system. The state board has
responsibility for other types of
actions. The board, made up of
nine members appointed by the
Governor, takes up tuition hikes
or cuts, budget balancing and
building planning.
State Legislature
Approving a final budget for all
state schools—perhaps the most
important role in the state’s
higher education decision
making—is left to the State
Legislature.
The Legislature meets every
two years to determine a biennial
(two-year) budget for the State
System of Higher Education.
After the biennial budget is set by
the legislature, the state system
and all of the schools within it
must abide by that budget.
Special requests for additional
funding—which are not covered
in the biennial budget—are
handled by the State Emergency
Hoard when the legislature is not
in session.
Student governance role
Students who wish to initiate
legislation at the University to
change University policy have
two avenues open to them, to gain
approval of the proposed
legislation from the faculty.
First, a student can take his
idea to the ASUO Senate and ask
the ASUO President to submit a
motion. The ASUO President and
one designee may submit faculty
millions.
Second, a student can take his
idea to a faculty member and ask
that faculty member to submit
and sponsor the motion.
Wattles has said. “I don't think
that a student, if he has an idea
that's uood. couldn’t find a
faculty member on this campus
v I o wouldn't submit it as his own
Clark talks with students last spring.
Photo by Phil Waktstein
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