The Board is assisted by a professional staff which enables the members of the Board to address questions of general policy. Normally, neither the Board nor its staff enters into the internal administration or operation of the University. However, administrative procedures prescribed for the agencies of the State of Kansas apply to the University, and much of the procedural detail which governs the operation of the University is defined by state law or by regulations issued by the Department of Administration.
In its consideration of policies, the Board is normally guided by recommendations from the chief executive officers of the seven Regents' institutions. Copies of the Policies and Procedures of the Board of Regents are on file in the offices of the Chancellor, the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Vice Chancellors. Copies of the minutes of the Board are deposited in Watson Library and may be consulted freely.
The chief executive officer of the University is the Chancellor, who is named by and serves at the pleasure of the Board of Regents. As chief executive officer, the Chancellor serves as head of the state agencies which comprise the University.In the actual administration of the University and in the maintenance of relationships with the Board of Regents, the Legislature, and state agencies and offices, the Chancellor is assisted by a staff which includes: the Executive Vice Chancellor for the Lawrence campus; the Executive Vice Chancellor for the Medical Center; the Executive Secretary of the University, the University Director of Business and Fiscal Affairs, the Assistant to the Chancellor, the University Director of Facilities Planning, the University Director of Support Services, the General Counsel of the University and the University Director of Information Resources.
The two executive vice chancellors are the Chancellor's principal academic and administrative officers. It is the responsibility of the executive vice chancellors to direct the internal affairs of their respective campuses and to assume, with the Chancellor, general responsibility for the effective and efficient fulfillment of the mission of the University.
The primary administrative officer for the Lawrence campus is the Executive Vice Chancellor, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Chancellor. The Executive Vice Chancellor is assisted in the administration of the Lawrence campus by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, the Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Studies, and Public Service, the Associate University Director of Business and Fiscal Affairs and other staff officers. In addition, the University Ombudsman and the offices of Affirmative Action and Minority Affairs report to the Executive Vice Chancellor. The vice chancellors and other staff officers are appointed by the Executive Vice Chancellor with the approval of the Chancellor.The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs has responsibility for the direction, coordination, and general supervision of academic programs and activities on the Lawrence campus. The deans of the several schools and the directors of most related supporting units receive their budget allocations from the Office of Academic Affairs and channel their requests for funding and personnel through that office.
The Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs has responsibility for the supporting services provided to students by the University of Kansas. The Vice Chancellor oversees the operations of the offices of: the Dean of Educational Services, the Dean of Student Life, Housing, Student Health Services, and the Kansas Union.
The Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Studies and Public Service also serves as Dean of the Graduate School and, in that capacity, oversees the advanced degree programs of the several schools of the University. The Vice Chancellor is also responsible for the administration of state and federal research funds handled by the University. Other responsibilities include operational responsibility for: Bureau of Child Research, Kansas Geological Survey, State Biological Survey, Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, the several museums (except the Museum of Art, which reports to Academic Affairs), and other research and public service institutes and units. Budget allocations for these divisions and for all research funds are handled by the Vice Chancellor's office.
University policy requires that the performance of vice chancellors shall be reviewed at least every five years.
The Office of Minority Affairs offers student support services, including outreach, cultural enrichment, counseling, referral and placement to student members of minority groups. The Cultural Enrichment Program is designed to help minority students and staff sustain a sense of community and ethnic identity, and it also provides the opportunity for non-minority individuals to become acquainted with the minority groups' values and cultures. The Office also assists departments and schools in their search for minority faculty by identifying and enlarging the pool of known qualified applicants. Assistance to academic units on issues related to minority concerns is also provided. The services of the University Ombudsman, as outlined in the Senate Code, are available to any member of the University community. The Ombudsman receives and attempts to resolve grievances of individual members of the student body, faculty or staff. The Ombudsman is also charged to recommendations for changes in any University procedure that is the source of grievances or is not accomplishing its purpose. All conversations with the Ombudsman are confidential.
There are eleven schools on the Lawrence campus: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Graduate School, School of Architecture and Urban Design, School of Business, School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Fine Arts, School of Law, School of Pharmacy, School of Social Welfare, and the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
In addition to the organized schools, there are a number of divisions and services on the Lawrence campus. Among these are the Libraries and Museums, the Division of Continuing Education, Computing Services, the Summer Session program, the Kansas Geological Survey, and various research and service units.
Several entities are located on the Lawrence campus of the University and contribute to the achievement of institutional goals. These include the Alumni Association, the Athletic Corporation, the Endowment Association, the Memorial Corporation (which administers the operation of the Kansas Union), and the Center for Research, Inc.
A separate handbook is provided for faculty and unclassified staff of the Medical Center.The primary administrative officer for the Medical Center is the Executive Vice Chancellor who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Chancellor. The Executive Vice Chancellor is assisted in the administration of the Medical Center by the Vice Chancellor for Health Policy and program Development, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Hospital Administration, Director and Associate University Director for Business Affairs, the Deans of the Schools and other staff officers.
The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs is a staff position advising on and coordinating academic programs and related activities at the Medical Center.
The Vice Chancellor for Health Policy and Program Development is a staff position who is responsible for the coordination of facilities and services which sustain academic and research programs at KUMC.
The Vice Chancellor for Hospital Administration is responsible for the operation of the University hospital and coordination of hospital activities and ambulatory services of the foundations. The Chief of Staff reports directly to the Vice Chancellor for Hospital Administration and has the responsibility for the general supervision and quality for the organized practice of medicine.
The College of Health Sciences at the University of Kansas Medical Center contains three schools--Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health and a component of the Graduate School. There are five deans: Dean of the School of Medicine-Kansas City; Dean of the School of Medicine-Wichita; Dean of the School of Nursing; Dean of the School of Allied Health; and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. In compliance with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education Standards of Accreditation, the Executive Vice Chancellor is responsible for coordination of the educational progress of medicine at the two campuses. The deans have responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision of their academic programs. They prepare budget recommendations for the approval of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Chancellor. The deans recommend departmental chairpersons and are responsible for faculty and research development. They are responsible for student affairs in their respective schools, including admissions and academic performance as well as counseling.
The chief administrator of each school is a dean, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the appropriate vice chancellor, with the consent of the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Chancellor.The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Pharmacy are organized by departments. Department chairpersons are appointed by the appropriate dean with the concurrence of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and, where appropriate, the Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Studies, and Public Service.
University policy provides that deans and chairpersons shall have their performance reviewed at least once every five years. More recently, many appointments to such administrative positions have been for a specified number of years, often less than the five stipulated by the review procedure.
Subject to the controls of law and administrative overview, the faculty of each school may establish curricula, academic standards, and degree requirements, subject to the following additional provisions: General requirements for admission to graduate study and for graduate degrees are established by the Graduate Assembly; graduate programs and curricula are approved and reviewed by the Graduate Council, which also acts for the Graduate Faculty in awarding degrees, reviewing the performance of the Graduate Studies Divisions of the several schools and colleges in meeting their delegated responsibilities for the admission, advising, supervision, and retention of students, the approval of course changes, and the general monitoring of graduate programs in their purview; matters which affect more than one school in the University are subject to the rules and regulations of the Faculty Senate on the Lawrence campus or of the College of Health Sciences Faculty Assembly; and new majors and degree programs must be approved by the Board of Regents.
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