The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) is the governing body of Arizona's
public
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...
university system
A university system is a set of multiple affiliated universities and colleges that are usually geographically distributed. Typically, all member universities in a university system share a common component among all of their various names. Usually, ...
. It provides policy guidance to
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...
,
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the final public university established in the Arizona Territory, 13 years before Arizona was admitted as the 48th state.
...
, the
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory.
T ...
, and their branch campuses.
History
In 1885, the territorial legislature authorized the establishment of the University of Arizona and provided for the management, direction, governance, and control by a board of regents. The state colleges, one in
Tempe and one in
Flagstaff, were governed by a three-member state board of education that included the Superintendent of Public Instruction and two members appointed by the
Governor of Arizona
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
.
In March 1945, the governor signed a law uniting the governing boards of the university and state colleges of Arizona. The authority of the board of regents expanded to include the Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe (now Arizona State University), and Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff (now Northern Arizona University).
Organization
The governor appoints eight volunteer members for staggered eight-year terms; two students serve on the Board for two-year appointments, with the first year being a non-voting apprentice year. The governor and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction serve as voting ''ex officio'' members. The ABOR provides policy guidance and oversight to the three major degree-granting universities as provided for by Title 15 of the Arizona Revised Statutes.
The board of regents is a constitutionally created body corporate.
It exists on a plane equivalent to that of the legislature. Arizona universities have no independent legal existence but are extensions of the board.
References
External links
Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arizona Board Of Regents
Public education in Arizona
Organizations established in 1945
1945 establishments in Arizona
Governing bodies of universities and colleges in the United States
Public university systems in the United States