15-1601. State universities; location; faculty
powers
A. The Arizona board of regents shall maintain state universities at Flagstaff in
Coconino county, at Tempe in Maricopa county and at Tucson in Pima county, and the
universities are respectively designated northern Arizona university, Arizona state
university and the university of Arizona. The board shall maintain an Arizona state
university campus in western Maricopa county designated as Arizona state university west
campus, which shall be identified as a separate budget unit in the general appropriations
act. The board shall maintain an Arizona state university campus in eastern Maricopa
county designated as Arizona state university east campus, which shall be identified as a
separate budget unit in the general appropriations act. The board may establish and
maintain other colleges and universities subject to legislative authority. Subject to
review by the joint committee on capital review, the board may establish new campuses
that are separate from any location in existence on July 1, 2007. The Arizona state
university campus at Tempe shall provide administrative support for the Arizona state
university campuses in western Maricopa county and in eastern Maricopa county.
B. The universities shall have colleges, schools and departments and give courses
of study and academic degrees as the board approves. Subject to the responsibilities and
powers of the board and the university presidents, the faculty members of the
universities, through their elected faculty representatives, shall share responsibility
for academic and educational activities and matters related to faculty personnel. The
faculty members of each university, through their elected faculty representatives, shall
participate in the governance of their respective universities and shall actively
participate in the development of university policy.
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