PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR HIGHER EDUCATION BOARDS ACROSS THE NATION ARK ANSAS NUMBER OF BOARDS STATE BOARDS Public Boards 3 INSTITUTION BOARDS Institution Boards System Boards Coordinating Board Board of Trustees of Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees of Henderson State University Board of Trustees of the University of Central Arkansas SYSTEM BOARDS Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas ABOUT THE BOARDS Arkansas State University Board of Trustees MEMBERSHIP SELECTION boards have student members (0 who vote) boards have members selected by a general election boards have faculty members (0 who vote) boards have members selected by the governor boards have members selected by the state legislature PROCESS REQUIREMENTS boards have an external vetting process for members boards require their members to be state residents boards have a formalized removal process for members boards require some members to live in a certain region of the state Board of Trustees of Southern Arkansas University COORDINATING BOARDS Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board INTERESTING FACT Gubernatorial appointments to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board must include three people who serve or recently served on the board of a public two-year college and three people who serve or recently served on the board of a public four-year college 1133 20th Street, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, D.C 20036 TEL FAX 202.296.8400 202.223.7053 www.agb.org FROM A GENERAL ELECTION FROM THE GOVERNOR (*LEGISLATURE CONFIRMS) FROM THE LEGISLATURE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION APPOINTED MEMBERS / VOTING FACULTY MEMBERS / VOTING STUDENT MEMBERS / VOTING EX OFFICIO MEMBERS / VOTING GOVERNOR SERVES PRESIDENT / CHANCELLOR SERVES (*VOTES) ALUMNI MEMBERS REQUIRED TERM LENGTH IN YEARS (*TERM LIMIT) REQUIRED NUMBER OF MEETINGS ANNUALLY FORMALIZED REMOVAL PROCESS REQUIRES AN EXTERNAL SCREENING LIMITS THE NUMBER OF POLITICAL AFFILIATES year only Statutory 5/5 5* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes Yes No No Board of Trustees of Henderson State University year only Statutory 7/7 7* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ No Yes No No Board of Trustees of the University of Central Arkansas year only Statutory 7/7 7* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ No Yes No No Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2&4 year Statutory 12/12 12 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No No/ No 6* No No No Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas 2&4 year Statutory 10/10 10* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No Yes Yes/ Yes 10 Yes No No Arkansas State University Board of Trustees 2&4 year Statutory 5/5 5* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ No Yes No No Board of Trustees of Southern Arkansas University 2&4 year Statutory 5/5 5* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes Yes No No MUST HAVE STATE RESIDENTS / MUST LIVE IN A CERTAIN REGION TOTAL MEMBERS / VOTING Board of Trustees of Arkansas Tech University TYPE OF INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED TYPE OF AUTHORITY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ARKANSAS’ PUBLIC BOARDS For more information and specific questions, please contact Cristin Toutsi, AGB’s director of public policy and strategic communications, at CToutsi@agb.org