3361:50-1-02. Colleges and divisions: the academic deans

(A) The administrative head and educational leader of each college and division shall be a dean, unless, through board action on recommendation of the president, he or she is specifically designated by some other title and/or made responsible to another academic dean.

(B) Each dean shall be appointed by the board, at its pleasure, upon recommendation of the president, for a term designated by the bylaws of his or her college but to be not less than three nor more than seven years. The dean shall have general supervision of all interests of his or her respective college or division. He or she shall recommend to the president, through the appropriate senior vice president, appointments to and dismissals from his or her faculty. Candidates for deanships shall be nominated to the president by a committee chosen in a manner consistent with the guidelines outlined in rule 3361:10-6-01 of the Administrative Code "Organization: guidelines for provost and dean search and for decanal review process."

(C) Each college or division dean shall call and preside over meetings of his or her faculty. The dean shall, after consulting an elected faculty committee of his or her college or division, appoint the members of such standing committees of his or her college or division as may be established; ad hoc committees may be appointed by the dean as occasion arises. The dean shall represent his or her college or division, its relations with its students and student organizations, and shall, in cooperation with the office of the vice president for student affairs and human resources have responsibility for the welfare of the students of the college. The dean shall see that the policies established for the conduct and discipline of students are enforced. All diplomas and other official papers of the college or division shall bear the dean's signature.

Replaces: 3361:50-1-02

Effective: 12/19/2000
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3361
Rule Amplifies: 3361
Prior Effective Dates: 3/16/1978, 6/20/1988, 8/4/2000