Standard Six: Governance and Administration
Supporting Documentation
Required Documentation
RD 6-01: Board and committee membership with a brief background statement on each board member, including term(s) of office and compensation (if any) for board service. Indicate which board members, if any, are employees of the institution.
- Montana University System Mission and Vision Statements
- Board of Regents Membership and Brief Background Statements (click on each name to see the background statement)
- BOR Policy 201.7: Bylaws, Article III: Members serve seven-year terms.
- BOR Policy 807.2: Travel Expenses and Reimbursement: Board of Regents Compensation
- BOR Code of Expectations for Board Members
- No member of the Board of Regents is also an employee of the Montana University System or any of its institutions.
RD 6-02: Organization charts or tables, both administrative and academic, including names of office holders with a notation of any changes since the last accreditation visit.
- UM-Missoula Organizational Chart (hard copy exhibit)
- Changes since 2000 Accreditation Visit
- Academic Affairs Organizational Chart (hard copy exhibit)
- Administration and Finance Organizational Chart (hard copy exhibit)
- Research and Development Organizational Chart
- Student Affairs Organizational Chart (hard copy exhibit)
- Executive Vice President Organizational Chart (hard copy exhibit)
Required Exhibits
RE 6-01: Articles of incorporation and bylaws.
RE 6-02: Board policy manual, together with the agenda and minutes of the last three years of meetings.
RE 6-03: Administrative policy manuals.
RE 6-04: Administrative position descriptions.
- New Employee Orientation Information
- Staff New Employee Packet (hard copy exhibit)
- Faculty New Employee Packet (hard copy exhibit)
- Human Resource Services: Personnel Policies
RE 6-06: Salary data (including ranges if applicable) and benefits for administration and staff.
- 2010 Benefits Summaries (hard copy exhibits)
- Salary Data
- UM Position Titles and Pay Rate Ranges
- UM Administrative Positions and Salaries, FY 2010 (hard copy exhibit)
- MUS Compensation Guidelines for Classified Staff
RE 6-07: In multi-college systems, organization charts of central office, description of functions of central office personnel and their relationships to institutional personnel, and administrative or policy manuals of the system.
- OCHE Organizational Chart
- Description of Functions of Central Office Personnel (Position Descriptions or Samples of Past Vacancy Announcements)
- Montana Code Annotated, Title 20: Education; Chapter 25: University System
- OCHE Personnel Policy Manual
RE 6-08: Collective bargaining agreements, if any.
- MUS Collective Bargaining Agreements
- UFA Collective Bargaining Agreement (in Exhibit Room under RE 4-01)
- COT Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement (in Exhibit Room under RE 4-01)
RE 6-09: Constitutions or bylaws of faculty and staff organizations, with minutes of meetings, for the last three years.
- Year-End Committee Reports
- Faculty Senate
- Articles
- Bylaws
- Meeting Minutes (also see Archived Minutes)
- Academic Standards and Curriculum Committee (ASCRC)
- As referenced in the Faculty Senate Bylaws
- Meeting Minutes
- General Education Committee
- Writing Committee
- Faculty Library Committee
- As referenced in the Faculty Senate Bylaws
- Meeting Minutes
- Graduate Council
- As referenced in the Faculty Senate Bylaws
- Meeting Minutes
- Staff Senate
RE 6-10: List of currently active committees and task forces with names and on-campus phone numbers of committee or task force chairs.
Suggested Materials
SM 6-01: Reports to constituencies, including the public.
- MUS Public Announcements
- UM News
- UM President's Report 2008
- TGIF News (e-newsletter)
- ForUM (e-newsletter)
- A collection of reports is included on the UM Publications Table in the Exhibit Room
SM 6-02: Charter or constitution of student association.
Other Supporting Materials
- Report of the Special Joint Committee on Inversion, Compression, and Salary Floors (February 14, 2008) (hard copy exhibit)
OSM 6-02: Gender Salary Differences Report
- Analysis of Gender Differences in Salary and The University of Montana (Academic Year 2005-2006) (hard copy exhibit)
OSM 6-03: Sample Communication Plan for Policy Implementation