Purpose:
The purpose of this policy is to explain the system of governance of the institutions of higher education in Tennessee.
Scope:
This policy applies to all faculty and staff members at Dyersburg State Community College.
Policy:
The Tennessee Board of Regents, the governing board of the College System of Tennessee, was established pursuant to chapter 838 of the 1972 Public Acts of Tennessee. The TBR has 18 members including the Governor of the State of Tennessee, the Executive Director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Commissioner of Education as ex officio members, as well as a faculty and student regent from one of the institutions. The TBR is the governing board for public higher education in the State of Tennessee.
The function of the TBR is to provide broad policy for the operation of the system’s institutions. The authority, purpose, and duties of the Board are included in the Board’s bylaws and TBR Policies on governance, numbers 1:01:00:00 through 1:10:00:00. Policies for the operation of the system were approved in Board minutes and published as Policies under the following categories: academic; business and finance; governance, organization and general; personnel; student; sexual discrimination/harassment/misconduct; and safety and security.
Institutions under the Tennessee Board of Regents are as follows:
Chattanooga State Community College
Cleveland State Community College
Columbia State Community College
Dyersburg State Community College
Jackson State Community College
Motlow State Community College
Nashville State Community College
Northeast State Community College
Pellissippi State Community College
Roane State Community College
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Volunteer State Community College
Walters State Community College
Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology at:
Athens
Chattanooga
Covington
Crossville
Crump
Dickson
Elizabethton
Harriman
Hartsville
Hohenwald
Jacksboro
Jackson
Knoxville
Livingston
McKenzie
McMinnville
Memphis
Morristown
Murfreesboro
Nashville
Newbern
Oneida
Paris
Pulaski
Ripley
Shelbyville
Whiteville
Compliance:
All faculty and staff members at Dyersburg State Community College must comply with this policy.
Definitions:
N/A
Revision History:
October 2004; March 2017; approved by Administrative Council on March 30, 2017.