Universidade do Planalto Central
Composition, Responsibilities and Committees
of the Board of Trustees
Composition of the Board
Universidade do Planalto Central (Angola Central Highlands University)
is governed by a Board of Trustees that consists of no fewer than 7 and
no more than 40 members. The President of the University serves ex officio
with vote. There are three categories of Trustees: Charter and Term Trustees
are elected by the Board for terms of ten and four years respectively;
Alumni Trustees will be elected by the alumni members of the University
and serve four-year terms. There will be 13 alumni Trustees. Each year
the current junior and senior classes and the two most recently graduated
classes will elect a member of the senior class as an Alumni Trustee.
There will always be, at least, one alumnus/a of the Graduate School on
the Board. In addition to the 13 Alumni Trustees, there will be no fewer
than four and no more than eight Term Trustees and the remainder of the
Board will be Charter Trustees. Trustees won’t have to be alumni of the
University.
Powers and Responsibilities of the Board
The powers and allocations of responsibilities of the Board derive from,
and are set forth in, Angola Central Highlands original Charter of 2007
and its amendments, from legislation, from the Board's own Bylaws and
resolutions it passes from time to time including those delegating authority
to various officers of the University, the faculty, and other members
of the University community.
The Board has charge and control of the finances and funds of the University. It sets the operating and capital budgets and supervises the investment of the University's endowment, which will be managed by the Angola Central Highlands University Investment Company to be created or by any other investment agency to be selected by the Board. All campus real estate and long-range physical planning, the determination of architectural styling and landscaping, and the general condition of the University's physical plant are overseen by the Board. The Trustees exercise prior review and approval of substantial new claims on funds, on the allocation of any significant proportion of the University resources, and the setting of priorities for development, changes in instructional method with broad implications for the University, the determination of tuition and fees, changes in admission policies affecting sizeable categories of potential students, and changes in relations with outside educational and social institutions and government agencies.
Committees
The Board carries out its responsibilities and discharges its duties in
part through standing committees that include the Executive Committee
and the Committees on Academic Affairs; Finance; Grounds and Buildings;
Honorary Degrees; Student Life, Health and Athletics; University Resources.
In addition, Board committees include Alumni Affairs, Audit, Public Affairs,
and ad hoc or special committees as necessary.
Meetings
The Board meets five times each year, and the current year's schedule
of meeting dates can be found by clicking here.
The current Board includes 18 members.
