The powers and duties of the University Faculty are delegated to a representative Faculty Senate whose members are elected from the various academic areas. All questions of academic and professional matters are decided through consultation with the president of the university and may be subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.
Meetings are open to any faculty member.
The policy-making body of the School of Graduate Studies is the Graduate Council which acts for the graduate faculty and is chaired by the dean of graduate studies. The Graduate Council is composed of the deans, elected representatives, and alternates from the degree-granting colleges and the director of the Biomedical Science Ph.D. Program. There are two student representatives on Graduate Council. Meetings are open to any faculty member. Powers of the council include formulation of scholastic regulations for all graduate students, determination of appropriate standards of graduate instruction and selection of graduate faculty membership, consideration of new graduate degrees and programs, and all courses offered for graduate credit, and certification of all candidates qualified to receive graduate degrees.