Duties and Responsibilities
The chancellor of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is the chief administrative officer of the Baton Rouge campus of the Southern University System. The chancellor reports to the president of the Southern University System and through him to the Southern University Board of Supervisors as required. He is responsible for all activities of the Baton Rouge campus, including, but not limited to, academic, financial, student and administrative affairs, and for other support activities.
Responsibilities of the chancellor include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The chancellor shall be responsible to the Board of
Supervisors through the president for the effective
execution of all resolutions, policies, rules and
regulations adopted by the Board of Supervisors
for the administration and operation of the System
and the governance of his campus, and all
policies, rules, regulations, directives, and
memoranda issued by the president. The chancellor
shall be governed by all laws pertaining to the
Southern University System. The chancellor shall
have direct access to the president, and he shall be
the official medium of communication between the
president and all personnel on his campus.
- The chancellor shall attend the meetings of the
Board of Supervisors and its committees and he
may invite members of his administrative or
academic staff to assist in his presentations to
the Board of Supervisors.
- The chancellor shall have the responsibility of
setting the salaries and duties of the members of
the faculty, administrative and professional staff
for the campus he heads, subject to the
recommendation of the president and approval of
the Board of Supervisors. He shall make all other
appointments, promotions, transfers, suspensions,
and dismissals of all academic, administrative, and
professional employees, subject to the
recommendations of the president and approval
of the Board of Supervisors. In coordination with
the University System's appointing authority, the
chancellor or an officer designated by him is
authorized to make and approve personnel
actions relating to classified personnel and
unclassified personnel in positions exempt from
the classified service by special action of the State
of Louisiana, Department of Civil Service. In all
personnel recommendations, the chancellor shall
give due consideration to the opinion and views of
the appropriate academic and administrative staff.
- The chancellor shall be a member of the faculty of
the campus he heads. He or his designee shall be
the presiding officer at meetings of the faculty of
his campus.
- The chancellor shall have the responsibility for
developing and implementing educational,
administrative and fiscal policies, procedures and
programs for the campus, consistent with the
policies of the Southern University System.
- The chancellor shall be responsible to the president
for the management of the financial affairs of
his campus. His responsibilities shall include the
preparation of a consolidated campus budget (after
review of the budgets of the various divisions of his
campus and the recommendations of the heads of
these divisions) and the management of the budget,
as approved by the president and the Board of
Supervisors.
- The chancellor of each campus shall prepare and
present to the Board of Supervisors, through
the president, a comprehensive annual report.
- Reviewing and approving academic programs.
- Approving standards for student admission and
retention.
- Submitting an annual budget to the president and
administering the approved budget for the campus.
- Recommending to the president appropriate
personnel action (appointments, promotions,
transfers, suspensions, dismissals and other) for
faculty, staff and administrators for his campus.
- Representing the campus, or part thereof, to the
community, external agencies and to the public in
general, within established guidelines.
- Implementing policies, procedures, controls,
evaluations and other measures necessary for
operational effectiveness in instruction, research,
student affairs, finance, support areas, community
and public relations, and in other areas of campus
activities.
- Developing long-range and annual operating plans.
- Establishing or modifying programs, policies and
procedures that facilitate the attainment of campus
goals and objectives.
- Approving and administering the SUBR calendar.
- Directing and taking whatever action is considered
appropriate to effectively execute the
responsibilities of the Office of Chancellor of
SUBR in accordance with the policies, requests
and directives emanating for the appropriate
agencies external to the campus.
- Initiating and developing articulation agreements
with four-year institutions.
- Assisting in the recruitment of students, faculty,
and staff.
- Appropriately advising the president of the System
on important matters affecting the campus.
Note: "Masculine" use incorporates "feminine" also.
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