Oakland University is governed by an eight-member Board of Trustees which establishes and regularly reviews the policies governing the university. Current membership of the Board of Trustees is available in the Resource Room. By-laws and copies of Board meeting minutes are also available in the Resource Room. Its governing board includes public members and is sufficiently autonomous from the administration and ownership to assure the integrity of the institution. All members of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Michigan Senate.
Members represent the interests of the public in order to assure the integrity of the university.
It has an executive officer designated by the governing board to provide administrative leadership for the institution. The University's president is designated by the Board of Trustees to serve as executive officer of Oakland University and to provide institutional leadership. Its governing board authorizes the institution's affiliation with the Commission. The Oakland University Board of Trustees supports North Central Association accreditation as an important indicator of institutional and program credibility and authorizes Oakland University's affiliation with the North Central Association. It employs a faculty that has earned from accredited institutions the degrees appropriate to the level of instruction offered by the institution.