Powers of the Board of Regents.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Powers of the Board of Regents.—The Board of Regents shall have the following powers and duties in addition to its general powers of administration, and the exercise of the powers of corporation: To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sum as may be provided by law for the support of the university; To provide the establishment of colleges or departments or schools in the following fields: arts and sciences degrees; first professional degrees in agriculture, engineering, education, home economics, pharmacy, architecture, business administration, fine arts, music, library science, dental medicine, medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, sociology, psychology, and others that the Board of Regents may deem necessary; and advance or graduate degrees in the foregoing fields; To confer honorary degrees upon persons in recognition of learning, statesmanship, or eminence in literature, science or art: Provided, That such degree shall not be conferred in consideration of the payment of money or other valuable consideration; To establish chairs in the colleges, schools, or departments mentioned in paragraph (b) of this section and to provide for the maintenance or endowment of such chairs, as well as to provide for such other professors, instructors, tutors and lecturers as the programs of instruction may make necessary, and to fix the compensation pertaining to such positions; To appoint, on the recommendation of the President of the university, professors, instructors, lecturers, and other employees of the university; to fix their compensation, hours of service, and such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to grant to them in its discretion leave of absence under such regulations as it may promulgate, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding; and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been had. To approve the courses of study and rules of discipline drawn up by the University Council as hereinafter provided; to fix the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses, and all special fees; and to remit the same in special cases; To provide fellowships and scholarships and to award the same to the faculty members and students showing special evidence of merit; To prescribe rules for its own government, and to enact for the government of the university such general ordinances and regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes of the university as defined in Section two of this Act; To receive in trust, legacies, gifts, and donations of real and personal property of all kinds and to administer the same for the benefit of the university or of a department thereof, or for aid to any student or students, in accordance with the directions or instructions of the donor, and in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of Regents may in its discretion determine; To admit into the university, public institutions of higher learning in Mindanao which desire to be affiliated as schools or colleges or branches of the university: Provided, That such institutions are eligible for affiliation and that such affiliation will enhance the purposes of the university as set forth in Section two.