Summary of UCGS Matrix of Responsibilities

From the Michigan State University Bylaws for Academic Governance (4/15/16)

• 1.3. MODES OF PARTICIPATION 
  There are four modes of faculty and student participation identified for use in Academic 
  Governance.
• 1.3.1. Consultation 
  A body of faculty or students consults with and informs an administrator who has 
  authority and responsibility to make a decision. Such a committee is not a deliberative 
  body; it does not vote. Rather, the members express their views to inform an
  administrator's decision.
• 1.3.2. Advisory 
  A deliberative body of faculty or students recommends policies to an administrator who 
  is authorized to make decisions. The administrator is not bound by the recommendations 
  and accepts responsibility for the decisions.
• 1.3.3. Shared Responsibility
  A deliberative body of facultyor students makes recommendations to an administrator. If 
  the administrator and deliberative body cannot agree and action must be taken, the 
  recommendations of the administrator and the deliberative body will be submitted in 
  writing to the appropriate administrator at the next higher administrative level for 
  decisions by that administrator.
• 1.3.4. Delegated Authority 
  A deliberative body of faculty or students is authorized to make decisions on specified 
  matters. Such decisions are subject to administrative review, but will be altered only in 
  exceptional circumstances. 

Table 1. Functions of University Committee on Graduate Studies by Mode of Participation

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Sources: Functions 1-7 Michigan State University, Bylaws for Academic Governance (2016); functions 8 and 9a: Procedures Concerning Allegations of Misconduct in Research and Creative Activitie ; functions 9.b and c: Article 7, Graduate Student Rights and Responsibilities, and Medical Student Rights and Responsibilities.

a/ UCGS recommendations require approval by President for transmission to Board of Trustees.