The Corporation meets annually in May to elect its officers, who also serve as officers of the Board of Trustees , which is the University's governing body. At its annual meeting the Corporation elects new members to the Corporation and to the Board of Overseers, and fills vacancies on the Board of Trustees. B. The Board of Trustees and Board of Overseers 1. The Board of Trustees Members of the Board of Trustees are elected from the Corporation. The Board is organized in four classes of eleven members each.
Members serve for four-year staggered terms.
The University bylaws, the governing instrument of the Corporation and Board of Trustees, provide for the creation of standing committees, members of which are elected by the Board. The Committee on Academic Affairs provides communication between the faculty and the full Board. It meets from time to time with the Agenda Committee of the Faculty Senate to be informed of faculty concerns and proposals. The Board of Overseers consists of not more than forty-eight members elected from the membership of the Northeastern University Corporation. Members are elected based upon their exceptional interest in and support of the University.