Texas Tech University is in compliance with Comprehensive Standard 3.2.6.

The Board of Regents Rules state (01.01.1.a) “The Legislature in chapters 109. 110, and in Section 51.352, Texas Education Code, has delegated to the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System the power and authority to govern, control, and direct the policies of the Texas Tech University System.”  The Texas Education Code, Section 51.352. Responsibility of Governing Boards, states “the governing board of an institution of higher education shall provide the policy direction for each institution of higher education under its management and control.” This clearly establishes the policy making function of the board of regents.

With respect to the management of the university, the board states that the primary duties of the chancellor of the Texas Tech University System include “advising and counseling with the board with respect to the policies, purposes, and goals of the TTU system; acting as executive agent of the board in implementing its policies and a system of internal controls; representing the TTU system in all other respects as deemed appropriate to carry out such policies, purposes and goals, and interpreting and articulating the TTU system’s academic, administrative and developmental policies, programs, needs and concerns to the general public, and to other constituencies at the community, state, regional, and national levels.” (Board of Regents Rules [02.01.3.1])

The authority of the president of Texas Tech University is “Within the policies and regulations of the board and under the supervision and direction of the chancellor, the president has general authority and responsibility for the administration of the component institution [of the TTU System]. (Board of regents Rules (02.04.2) The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel of Texas Tech University notes with respect to the authority of the president, “[p]er delegation of authority from the chancellor, the presidents of the university and Health Sciences Center are authorized and do function as the chief executives of their respective institutions”. (personal communication dated April 16,2004 from Heather Keeney, Assistant General Counsel for the Texas Tech University System).

With respect to practice, a review of the minutes of the board of regents will indicate that the board restricts its activities to legislatively mandated activities such as approving contracts, overseeing the finances of the system, approving construction projects, and setting policy. Board of regents meeting minutes from 1999 through current are available in PDF format at http://www.irs.ttu.edu/Reports/StateReports/SYSTEM/Minutes/default.htm