President, Academic Officers, and Faculty of the University

(a)The President, on the recommendations of appropriate administrators and guided by the recommendations of Search Committees, shall appoint faculty and administrators, such as may be necessary CH. 16 CHARTER to fulfill the mission and purposes of the University. The Vice Presidents, on the recommendation of the appropriate administrators, shall appoint non-academic staff in accordance with Civil Service procedures, such as may be necessary to fulfill the mission and purposes of the University. While the authority of the Board to establish overall policy guiding the University shall not be diminished, the implementation of the expressed policy of the Board shall be vested in both the Administrative Officers and the Faculty through the collegial instrumentalities traditional in University affairs.

(b)The Board, on recommendation of the Administrative Officers and the Faculty, shall establish personnel rules and regulations guiding selection, employment, salary and other compensations, promotion, performance evaluation, disciplinary action, and all other conditions of work and employment as herein provided. Such rules and regulations shall reflect the paramount objective of directing all efforts of the University’s mission and promoting stability and credibility of Guam’s highest institution of learning. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the authority of the Board to establish personnel and administrative rules and regulations shall not be subject to the Administrative Adjudication Act.