Governance - The University of Iowa (I-2.1:2.7)

PART I. GOVERNANCE
DIVISION I
CHAPTER 2: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

2.1 Purpose and Mission

2.2 Tax Information

2.3 Organizational Charts and Mission Statements

2.4 The President

2.5 The Executive Vice President and Provost; Vice Presidents; and General Counsel

2.6 The Director of The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

2.7 The Deans

2.1 PURPOSE AND MISSION.

2.1(1) Statutory Definition
Iowa Code Chapter 263 establishes The University of Iowa. It defines its purpose as providing the best and most efficient means of imparting to men and women, upon equal terms, a liberal education and thorough knowledge of the different branches of literature and the arts and sciences, with their varied applications. It shall include colleges of liberal arts and sciences, law, medicine, and such other colleges and departments, with such courses of instruction and elective studies as the Board of Regents may determine from time to time.

2.1(2) Regents' Statement
The Board of Regents has further refined the mission statement of the University: The state university of Iowa is committed to undergraduate, professional, graduate, and continuing education. To discharge this commitment, as part of its established mission, the University engages in teaching, research, and appropriate extension, health, and other public services. The University is recognized as having a broad mandate in order that it may continue to be a distinguished state university, offering preprofessional courses, the full panoply of undergraduate liberal arts and science courses, graduate and professional work in law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, engineering, and allied fields related to these professional disciplines, as well as social work, business administration, journalism, education (early childhood, elementary, secondary, and higher), library science, and all the liberal arts and sciences. It will offer no major programs in agriculture; architecture; forestry; industrial arts; veterinary medicine; agricultural, aeronautical, or ceramic engineering. It will be characterized by a general orientation toward human growth, the health sciences, the humanities, the fine arts, and the social sciences. It will continue to maintain strong programs in the physical and biological sciences and engineering (IAC [681]12.1(1)).

2.1(3) University Statement
(Amended 9/99; 9/07)

Note: Effective September 2007, this statement has been revised. For the most current version without redlining, return to I-2.1.

Upon founding The University of Iowa in 1847, Iowa's first legislature entrusted it with a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service. In pursuing that mission today, the University of Iowa seeks to advance scholarly and creative endeavor through leading-edge research and artistic production; to use this research and creativity to enhance undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, health care, and other services provided to the people of Iowa, the nation, and the world; and to conduct these activities in a culturally diverse, humane, technologically advanced, and increasingly educate students for success and personal fulfillment in an increasingly diverse and global environment.

(The University's statement of mission was rewritten by the 1999 University Strategic Planning Committee, and has been incorporated in the University's 2000-2005 strategic plan, New Century Iowa: Bridges to the Next Horizon.)

attract the most talented faculty, staff, and students; to provide an environment where they can discover and fulfill their potential; and thereby to realize its promise, which is to

research

nation country

(The institution's aspiration originated with the University Self-Study Committee and was first iterated in Building on Strength, the 1987 report prepared for the University's re-accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities. The Self-Study Committee ... "strongly reaffirmed" the commitment. In the 1995-2000, and 2000-2005, and 2005-2010 strategic plans, the University has continued to express confidence in the motivational value of the University's bold and lofty Aspiration.)

b. Goals.

(1) Comprehensive strength in undergraduate programs. The University should have a broad, but not all-inclusive, range of undergraduate programs which emphasize central educational areas.

(1) To create a University experience that enriches the lives of undergraduates and helps them to become well-informed individuals, lifelong learners, engaged citizens, and productive employees and employers.

(2) Premier graduate and professional programs in a significant number of areas. The University should have a core of exceptional programs of advanced education.

(2) To cultivate excellent graduate and professional programs, and to advance the research and scholarly enterprise.

(3) A faculty of national and international distinction. The University should compete for the very best junior faculty and, through recruitment and retention, develop a sizeable body of senior faculty who are leading figures in their fields.

(3) To promote excellence in education by increasing the diversity of the faculty, staff, and students.

(4) Distinguished research and scholarship. The University should promote and support the best possible research and scholarship, in support of the discovery of new knowledge, enhancement of instruction, and contribution to economic development.

(4) To strengthen the University's intellectual and community vitality.

(5) A culturally diverse and inclusive University community. A diverse community is absolutely necessary to prepare students for life in a multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial national and international society.

(5) To broaden the University's service mission to include stronger partnerships with public constituencies.

(6) Strong ties between the University and external constituencies. The University should have an integrated outreach effort that informs external constituencies about its curriculum, listens and responds to their concerns, and works with them to advance the quality of the institution.

(7) A high-quality academic and working environment. The University should provide a safe, humane, healthful, and intellectually stimulating environment.

(The 1994-95 Strategic Planning Committee reaffirmed the six University-wide goals developed by the 1989-90 Committee, with the addition of a new goal emphasizing the University's commitment to research and scholarship. The rationale for the seven goals is presented in depth in Chapter 2 of Achieving Distinction 2000.)

c. Core Values. Entrusted with a three-fold mission of teaching, research, and public service, The University of Iowa is rooted in a culture that values education. In planning, setting priorities, and making decisions, carrying out every aspect of its mission, The University of Iowa is guided by five seven interdependent commitments:

(1) Excellence,

(1) (2) Learning, . The University of Iowa is dedicated to discovering, disseminating, and preserving knowledge and to the development of an educated citizenry. Through teaching, research, scholarship, creative endeavor, clinical practice, and public outreach, the University develops ideas, enlarges understanding, and extends its resources to society. Recognizing the need for constant inquiry and continuous reinterpretation of knowledge, the University vigilantly protects free expression of thought, respects difference and diversity, and fosters opportunities for all members of the community to generate and discuss ideas and contribute to the vitality of the educational environment.

(2) (3) Community, . The University of Iowa recognizes that its students, faculty, staff, and alumni are the source of its strength: collectively, they determine the institution's character, quality, and effectiveness. On a safe and well-maintained campus, the University offers a supportive and humane environment in which people from a wide variety of backgrounds and traditions may encounter each other in a spirit of cooperation, openness, and mutual respect, to form a richly diverse and intellectually stimulating community.

(4) Diversity,

(5) Integrity,

(6) Respect, and

(3) (7) Responsibility. The University of Iowa is obligated to exercise responsible stewardship over the intellectual and material resources entrusted to it. As a public institution, the University aims for accessibility, affordability, and quality, so that a broad array of qualified students from Iowa and elsewhere may obtain an excellent education at reasonable cost. The University recognizes the responsibility of its faculty to determine what students should learn and to shape the body of knowledge that will be passed on to future generations. It is also the University's obligation to engage all members of its community in collective reflection on their responsibilities not only to their disciplines and professions but also to the institution and to society.

(4) Integrity. In fulfilling all areas of the University's mission, members of The University of Iowa community hold themselves to the highest criteria of honesty, fairness, and professional and scholarly ethics.

(5) Quality. As a center of learning, The University of Iowa measures itself by exacting standards, honors high aspiration and achievement, and expects all persons associated with the University to strive for excellence.

The University of Iowa is a community of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends who seek to advance knowledge and foster learning across a broad range of academic endeavors. So that learning and creative expression may flourish, the University takes seriously its obligation to protect academic freedom and free expression; maintain a safe, supportive, healthy, and humane environment; and nourish a system of collaborative decision making based on mutual respect and shared governance. Because diversity, broadly defined, advances its mission of teaching, research, and service, the University is dedicated to an inclusive community in which people of different cultural, national, individual, and academic backgrounds encounter one another in a spirit of cooperation, openness, and shared appreciation.

The University recognizes its accountability to the people of Iowa and the need to exercise responsible stewardship over the intellectual and material resources entrusted to it, including the need to direct those resources to programs and initiatives that are central to the University's core mission. In all that it does, the University measures itself by exacting standards, promotes continuous improvement, honors excellence and high aspiration, and holds its community as a whole to the highest degree of honesty, fairness, and personal integrity.
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2.2 TAX INFORMATION. The University of Iowa is tax exempt under Section 115 of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Charitable contributions to the University are deductible to the taxpayer. (See also V-13 Internal Audits; V-5.5 Facilities and Administrative Costs.)
[top] 2.3 ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS AND MISSION STATEMENTS. 2.3(1) University Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-1.)

2.3(2) Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-2.)

2.3(3) Office of the Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-3.)

2.3(4) Office of the Vice President for Research Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-4.)

2.3(5) Office of the Vice President for Medical Affairs Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-5.)

2.3(6) Office of the Vice President for Student Services Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-6.)

2.3(7) Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity and Diversity and Associate Provost for Diversity Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-7.)

2.3(8) Office of the General Counsel Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-8.)

2.3(9) Office of Governmental Relations Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-9.)

2.3(10) The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) Organizational Chart.
(See Appendix A-10.)

a. UIHC Mission. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, in compliance with the Code of Iowa, serves as the teaching hospital and comprehensive health care center for the State of Iowa, thereby promoting the health of the citizens of Iowa. The UIHC, in concert with The University of Iowa health science colleges, functions in support of health care professionals and organizations in Iowa and other states by: 1) offering a broad spectrum of clinical services to all patients cared for within the Center and through its outreach programs; 2) serving as the primary teaching hospital for the University; and 3) providing a base for innovative research to improve health care. (See also IC 255.)

2.3(11) University Hospital School Mission.
(See IC 263.9-13.)

2.3(12) Psychiatric Hospital Mission.
(See IC 225.)

2.3(13) State Hygienic Laboratory Mission.
(See IC 263.7.)

2.3(14) Oakdale Campus.
(See IC 271.)

2.3(15) State Archaeologist Mission.
(See IC 263B.)

2.3(16) Center for Agricultural Health and Safety.
(See IC 263.78.)

2.3(17) Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination.
(See IC 263.)

2.3(18) International Center for Talented and Gifted Education.
(See IC 263.8A.)

2.3(19) Child Behavior and Development Institute.
(See IC 263.5.)

2.3(20) Organizational Charts of Colleges.
(See Appendixes A-11-A-21.)
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2.4 THE PRESIDENT. 2.4(1)
The President of the University is the Chief Executive Officer of the institution, and has the authority and duties that have been delegated by the Board of Regents, including authority to contract. This contracting authority has been delegated on a limited basis to other University officials (see V-6 Contracting Authority). Under the President's leadership, the educational, research, and service missions of The University of Iowa are fulfilled in compliance with policy established by the Board of Regents. (See IAC [681]8.2(3), 12.8.)

2.4(2)
The President of The University of Iowa is Sally Mason.
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2.5 THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST; VICE PRESIDENTS; AND GENERAL COUNSEL. The Executive Vice President and Provost, Vice Presidents, and General Counsel are directly accountable to the President for the execution of the responsibilities assigned to them by the President.

2.5(1)
The Interim Executive Vice President and Provost is Lola Lopes.

2.5(2)
The Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations is Douglas K. True.

2.5(3)
The Interim Vice President for Research is Jordan Cohen.

2.5(4)
(Reserved for future use.)

2.5(5)
The Vice President for Student Services and Dean of Students is Phillip E. Jones.

2.5(6)
The Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Carver College of Medicine is Jean Robillard.

2.5(7)
The General Counsel is Marcus M. Mills.
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2.6 THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) provide tertiary level patient care, clinical education, and clinical research. The Director and Chief Executive Officer of UIHC is directly accountable to the President.

2.6(1)
The Interim Director and CEO of UIHC is Gordon D. Williams.
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2.7 THE DEANS. The academic mission of the University is principally carried out through its eleven colleges: pharmacy, law, education, nursing, medicine, dentistry, public health, liberal arts and sciences, engineering, business, and the graduate college. The deans of these colleges are the chief administrative officers. They are directly accountable to the Executive Vice President and Provost or appropriate vice president, and in some instances to the President, for the colleges, schools, and administrative units for which they are responsible.
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