The Vice President for Finance and Administration/CFO is the principal fiscal and business officer of the University. He/she is directly responsible to the President for carrying out budgetary and accounting procedures set forth by the Board of Regents, Department for Finance and Administration, State Auditor's Office and agencies of the Commonwealth, NACUBO and AICPA.
The Dean is the chief administrative officer of a College. Comparable academic officers are those who report to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs and whose personnel include faculty (such as the Director of the Library and the Director of Land Grant). Deans report directly to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. The Dean is the chief representative of that College and of its faculty.
Recommendations on the appointment of Deans shall be made by the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs after consultation with University search committees. Search committees for Deans shall be recommended by the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs after consultation with the President of the Faculty Senate.
Search committees shall operate under existing procedures and in accordance with the spirit of collegial governance. The searches may be either internal or external.
If the President rejects the recommendations for Dean, he/she shall respond in writing to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs and to the search committee and ask for additional recommendations.
A Dean is the executive officer of a College. It is the responsibility of the Dean to ensure that all By-Laws, Regulations, Policies and other directions of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, the President, and the Board of Regents are followed. The Dean
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