The chief executive officer's full-time responsibility is to the institution. The duties, responsibilities, and ethical conduct requirements of the institution's administrators are clearly defined and published. Administrators act in a manner consistent with them. Administrators are qualified to provide effective educational leadership and management. The chief executive officer is responsible for implementing appropriate procedures to evaluate administrators regularly.
Administrators ensure that the institutional decision-making process is timely.
Administrators facilitate cooperative working relationships, promote coordination within and among organizational units, and encourage open communication and goal attainment. Administrators responsible for institutional research ensure that the results are widely distributed to inform planning and subsequent decisions that contribute to the improvement of the teaching-learning process. 6.C.9 Administrators' and staff salaries and benefits are adequate to attract and retain competent personnel consistent with the mission and goals of the institution. 6.1 Policy on Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Background. Educational institutions should contain within their environment the essence of the qualities they endeavor to impart, including the essential of nondiscrimination.