2.3.1 Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees of Lewis & Clark College establishes the educational, financial, and operating policies of the College and develops whatever financial and community support is necessary to carry out those policies.

The Board of Trustees is constituted by not fewer than 18 nor more than 40 persons. The president of the College is an ex officio voting member of the board, as are the current presidents of the undergraduate and law alumni associations. Trustees are elected for three-year terms with a maximum tenure of three terms, unless a special waiver is provided by vote of the board. Board of Trustees meetings also are attended by the principal administrative officers of the institution and by faculty and student representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education and Counseling, and the Law School. Attendance of the administrative officers, faculty representatives, and student representatives is in an advisory, nonvoting capacity.

Operating under its Standing Rules and the Bylaws of Lewis & Clark College, the Board of Trustees provides for various standing committees and an executive committee composed of the heads of those committees, the board chair, the three vice chairs, and the president. The role of the standing committees is to investigate and review the matters assigned to them and make appropriate recommendations to the board. The standing committees are Academic Affairs, Audit, Campus Life, Buildings and Grounds, Finance, Institutional Advancement, Investments, and Nominations. Standing committees are composed of trustees and life trustees, faculty representatives elected by their respective faculties, and student representatives selected by their respective schools. The only exceptions are the Nominations and Investments Committees, which consist entirely of trustees and life trustees. Members and officers of the standing committees are appointed annually by the chair of the board. A trustee chairs each standing committee. The chair of the board and the president of the College are ex officio members of all standing committees.

The Bylaws of Lewis & Clark College and the Standing Rules of the Board of Trustees are found in the appendices in this handbook.