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May 17, 2008
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2.0 I-1.00-COUNCIL OF UNIVERSITY SYSTEM PRESIDENTS
(Approved by the Board of Regents, July 27, 1988)

     Section 12-201 of Education, Annotated Code of Maryland, calls for the Board of Regents to establish a Council of University System Presidents that "shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Chancellor" and "may from time to time make reports and recommendations to the Board." Such a Council will provide a mechanism for the consideration of matters of common concern to the institutions and other units in the System in particular or to higher education in general, and will provide a formal vehicle for the expression of positions of the Presidents and other unit heads collectively on such concerns.

     The Council is composed of the Presidents of the eleven constituent institutions of the System, along with the Vice Chancellor Designate for Agricultural Affairs (representing the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service), and the Directors of the Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies and the Maryland Biotechnology Institute, as ex officio voting members. The Council shall elect its own Chairman. The Council will normally schedule its meetings in tandem with meetings of the Chancellor's Council. Meetings of the Council of University System Presidents may be called by the Chairman or a majority of the members. The Chancellor or the Chancellor's designee shall be expected to be present at all meetings of the Council of University System Presidents so that the Council may advise the Chancellor on matters of concern. The Council of University System Presidents may address the Board, from time to time, at regular meetings of the Board of Regents.

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