Definition of University of Nebraska Program Sections 4.4.1, 4.7.1, 4.9, 4.11 of the Bylaws of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (the 鈥淏ylaws鈥) provide that Special Appointments, Appointments for a Specific Term, Health Professions Appointments and Continuous Appointments may be terminated by the university when there is a 鈥渂ona fide discontinuance of a program or department.鈥
Departments are specifically provided for in Section 2.10 of the Bylaws. However, the Bylaws do not provide a definition of what constitutes a 鈥減rogram.鈥
For the purposes of Sections 4.4.1, 4.7.1, 4.9, 4.11 and 4.12 of the Bylaws definitions of academic, and support and service programs to be used when considering possible budget reallocation and reduction actions are:
- Academic program. An academic program shall be defined by any one or more of the following characteristics:
- includes the word 鈥淐ollege,鈥 鈥淪chool,鈥 鈥淒epartment,鈥 鈥淐enter,鈥 鈥淚nstitute,鈥 鈥淒ivision,鈥 鈥淧rogram,鈥 鈥淏ureau,鈥 鈥淐linic鈥 or 鈥淟aboratory鈥 as part of its title;
- is headed by a person with academic rank entitled 鈥渄ean,鈥 鈥渄irector,鈥 鈥渃hair,鈥 鈥渃hief,鈥 鈥渃oordinator,鈥 or 鈥渉ead;鈥
- leads to a degree, a certificate, a major, a minor, a credential, a diploma or continuing education units;
- has a sequence of specific academic requirements;
- is a distinct academic option or track within a larger unit;
- has received administrative approval at the campus level or above to be a distinct academic, research or service function;
- Support and service program. Any unit that does not have one or more of the foregoing characteristics of an academic program will be defined as a support and service program.