Academic Affairs Committee

Per Regents' Rules and Regulations, Rule 10402, the Academic Affairs Committee shall generally consider and make recommendations to the Board on matters pertaining to the general academic institutions, including:

  • instructional, research, and professional service programs and activities;
  • policies relating to soliciting and securing gifts;
  • matters affecting the libraries of the institutions;
  • substantive changes in the doctoral degree program inventory and the academic administrative structure;
  • matters related to educational philosophy and objectives;
  • recommendations by the Chancellor related to the appointment, promotion, and dismissal of such institutional officers as may be appropriate;
  • matters relating to the research, training, and community service activities;
  • capital improvement priorities related to the approved missions of the general academic institutions; and
  • changes to academic institution mission statements.

Committee Chairman

Jodie Lee Jiles

Committee Regents

Christina Melton Crain
Robert P. Gauntt
Janiece Longoria
Nolan Perez, M.D.
Stuart W. Stedman