PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR HIGHER EDUCATION BOARDS ACROSS THE NATION MISSOURI NUMBER OF BOARDS STATE BOARDS 12 Public Boards INSTITUTION BOARDS 10 Institution Board System Board Coordinating Board Lincoln University Board of Curators University of Central Missouri Board of Governors Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents Missouri State University Board of Governors Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents ABOUT THE BOARDS Missouri Western State University Board of Governors Missouri Southern State University Board of Governors MEMBERSHIP SELECTION boards have student members (0 who vote) boards have faculty members (0 who vote) 12 boards have members selected by the governor State Technical College of Missouri Board of Regents SYSTEM BOARDS Harris-Stowe State University Board of Regents boards have members selected by a general election Truman State University Board of Governors boards have members selected by the state legislature PROCESS REQUIREMENTS boards have an external vetting process for members 11 boards require their members to be state residents boards have a formalized removal process for members 11 boards require some members to live in a certain region of the state Board of Curators of the University of Missouri COORDINATING BOARDS Coordinating Board for Higher Education INTERESTING FACT Board membership in Missouri is highly defined though each board has distinct requirements Regulations from across the state may limit the number of political party affiliates and specify a minimum number of political party affiliates Geography is often considered and can be defined by congressional districts, counties, clusters of counties, and institutionspecified statutory-defined regions 1133 20th Street, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, D.C 20036 TEL FAX 202.296.8400 202.223.7053 www.agb.org TYPE OF AUTHORITY TOTAL MEMBERS / VOTING 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 Board of Curators of the University of Missouri year only Constitutional 9/9 9* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes Lincoln University Board of Curators year only Statutory 9/9 9* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes University of Central Missouri Board of Governors year only Statutory 8/7 8* 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents year only Statutory 7/6 7* 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes Missouri State University Board of Governors year only Statutory 10/9 10* 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents year only Statutory 9/8 9* 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes Missouri Western State University Board of Governors year only Statutory 8/7 8* 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes Missouri Southern State University Board of Governors year only Statutory 9/8 9* 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes Harris-Stowe State University Board of Regents year only Statutory 6/6 6* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes Truman State University Board of Governors year only Statutory 10/7 10* 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 No No No No/ Yes No No Yes State Technical College of Missouri Board of Regents year only Statutory 8/7 8* 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ No No No Yes Coordinating Board for Higher Education 2&4 year Constitutional 9/9 9* 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 No No No Yes/ Yes No No Yes MUST HAVE STATE RESIDENTS / MUST LIVE IN A CERTAIN REGION TYPE OF INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT MISSOURI’S 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