Vice Chancellor
Board
Of Higher Education
Selection
Process For The Sudent Member
Massachusetts General
Laws, Chapter 15A, Section 4, established the position of student member of
the Board of Higher Education. The only distinction between the student and
other members of the Board of Higher Education is the abbreviated term in office.
In all other respects, the student member is a full and equal member of the
Board of Higher Education.
The Governor selects
the student member from recommendations of undergraduate students submitted
by the Student Advisory Committee (SAC). SAC is an advisory committee to the
Board of Higher Education and is composed of the student trustees from the community
colleges, state colleges and University of Massachusetts. It is the responsibility
of this committee to determine the method for nominating the student member
of the Board of Higher Education.
The student member
rotates from each segment of the public higher education system. For the 2000-2001
academic term, the student member will be a representative from the University
of Massachusetts. At this time, we are pleased to invite applications for the
student member to the Board of Higher Education. Applications must be received
by March 31, 2000, and may be submitted to my attention on behalf of the Student
Advisory Committee.
Selection of the
next student member to the Board is a very involved process that is compressed
within a short timeframe. To help facilitate this process on your campus, please
refer the material regarding the selection
process.
