The UNC Policy Manual
400.1.2
Adopted
1. N.C.G.S. § 116-11(3) provides as
follows:
The
Board [of Governors] shall determine the functions, educational activities and
academic programs of the constituent institutions. The board shall also determine the types of
degrees to be awarded. The powers herein
given to the board shall not be restricted by any provision of law assigning specific
functions or responsibilities to designated institutions, the powers herein
given superseding any such provisions of law.
The board, after adequate notice and after affording the institutional
board of trustees an opportunity to be heard, shall have authority to withdraw
approval of any existing program if it appears that the program is
unproductive, excessively costly or unnecessarily duplicative.
2. When the President determines that
he should recommend to the Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and
Programs that a program be terminated, or when the committee on its own
initiative tentatively determines that a program should be terminated, the
President shall give written notice of that determination to the chancellor and
chairman of the Board of Trustees of the affected institution, notifying them
that, if they request it, they will be given a hearing on the matter before the
committee. The chancellor and chairman
may bring to this hearing such administrative staff members and faculty members
as they may deem useful in representing the institution.
3. If a hearing is requested by the
institution, the chancellor shall so notify the president within 30 days after
receipt of the notice of determination to terminate an opportunity for
hearing. If either the chairman or the
chancellor intends to object to the proposed program termination, he shall, not
later than two weeks prior to the hearing, file with the president a written
statement of reasons why in his opinion the program should not be terminated,
together with such supporting data as he may wish to provide. The president shall transmit this material to
the committee.
4. After hearing the chancellor and
chairman of the board of trustees, if a hearing is requested, the committee
shall make its decision and, if its decision and recommendation to the Board of
Governors are for program termination, the committee shall include in its
report a summary of the objections, if any, that were filed by the chancellor
or chairman with respect to the recommended program termination.
5. The
foregoing procedure is in addition to and not in lieu of procedures for the
termination of programs on the initiative of a chancellor.