Governance

• Introduction
• Administration
• University Senate
• University Committees
• Student Government
• Union

Introduction

As a comprehensive public institution, Montclair State University's patterns of governance, organization, and administration are complex and multilayered, reflecting both the comprehensive nature of the University's mission and the intricate relationships it maintains with a variety of distinct constituencies such as students, faculty, staff, alumni, the state government, and accrediting groups.

Montclair's Board of Trustees exercises the powers and duties necessary for the control and management of University affairs.

The Board is composed of voting members who are drawn from business and the professions, and includes an undergraduate student from MSU; a second undergraduate student and the President serve as non-voting members. The three officers of the Board of Trustees are a chair, vice chair, and secretary. The Board maintains an Executive Committee, five standing committees for Academic Program Planning, Appeals, Audit and Finance, Facilities, and Personnel, and ad-hoc committees.  The term of office for a voting (non-student) Board member is six years. A faculty representative is appointed by the Board to a two-year term and meets regularly with the Board.