Criterion One: Mission and Integrity Core Component 1d: The organization’s governance and administrative structures promote effective leadership and support collaborative processes that enable the organization to fulfill its mission.

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	UMKC has governance and administrative structures in place that are designed to enable us to fulfill our multiple missions of teaching, research, community engagement, and economic stimulation for the greater Kansas City area and the state. The governing documents of the University include the University of Missouri Collected Rules and Regulations, the by-laws of the UMKC Faculty Senate, and the individual by-laws of our 13 academic units, which include the Graduate School and University Libraries.
UMKC is one of the four schools in the UM System. Governed by a nine-person Board of Curators, appointed by the Governor of the State of Missouri, the UM system is headed by a president, a vice-president for academic affairs, and other administrators who provide leadership for the four campuses, develop and coordinate policies and procedures, and strive for efficiencies and collaborations between and among our campuses. Each year, the UM System officers, in conjunction with the chancellors and executive officers of the four research campuses, prepare a budget request for the state, as well as a separate capital-funding request. Another function of the UM System office is to help prepare and implement UM System-wide strategic goals and initiatives. Faculty are represented at the UM System level through the Intercampus Faculty Council [IFC], consisting of three elected faculty leaders from each of the four campuses. IFC meets monthly with the President, the Vice Presidents, and other UM System officers to draft policies related to our academic programs, faculty concerns and strategic planning. Another UM System-wide faculty committee advises the UM System on matters related to faculty and staff medical and retirement benefits, which are managed at the UM System level. (“Legislative Priorities” and other documents cited here are available in the Resource Room.) UMKC is organized to advance our mission and to promote effective and efficient leadership in all academic and support units. Our organizational structure has undergone significant changes in the last ten years and will, no doubt, continue to change and evolve as we seek to fulfill our mission in a challenging financial environment. Organizational Chart Significantly, many of the recent changes came with strong participation from the Faculty Senate, especially through the research and work of the Senate’s Committee on Organizational Structure and Community Outreach [COSCO], which produced a thorough review of UMKC administrative structures with recommendations for changes. (This review is available in the Resource Room.) UMKC’s administrators who oversee University-wide matters report directly to the Chancellor. These include Vice Chancellors (Administrative Services; Student Affairs and Enrollment Management; Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost; University Advancement; Division of Diversity, Access and Equity), Dean of the School of Medicine [SOM], Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, and Director of Budget and Planning. Each of the support units led by these administrators contributes to the University mission and is guided by our core values. With the exception of the SOM Dean and Athletics Director, the support units’ offices are in the Administrative Center on the Volker Campus. The Council of Deans The UMKC Council of Deans is comprised of the 11 deans of the University’s academic programs, in addition to the Dean of the Graduate School and the Dean of University Libraries. UMKC’s vice provosts also serve on the Council of Deans, which is chaired by the Provost. Depending on the meeting’s agenda, other University administrators may be invited to attend. On most occasions, associate deans may attend if the dean is not available. The council meets bi-weekly during the academic year, and monthly over the course of the summer semester, with one of the meetings being an all-day retreat.
The responsibilities of this group primarily relate to the administrative coordination of our academic programs. Consequently, the agenda is generally focused on administrative and academic issues, such as program assessment and ranking, budget modeling and efficiencies, alumni and constituent relations, evaluation of proposed new academic programs, academic and research space use, and a host of similar issues involving the efficient and effective delivery of UMKC’s academic programs. A secondary function of the meetings is to provide communication to the deans regarding decisions made at the University’s highest administrative level. Information gathered at the bi-weekly meetings is shared with the faculty and staff of the respective units. In addition to the regular meeting schedule, information is also disseminated to our academic units and divisions through a SharePoint site and e-mail notices.