President
The Chief Executive Officer of the University is the President. The President is responsible for the administration of the University and its respective component entities. The Board of Regents have granted all powers necessary to effectuate the attainment of the educational goals of the institution (BOR Policy Manual 1:6). The Vice President for Academic Affairs assists the President in the discharge of these responsibilities.

General Faculty
The Board of Regents' Policy Manual (4:12) addresses the Role and Responsibilities of Faculty:
Composition of General Faculty: The Board may appoint persons holding the academic or technical rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor; clinical professor, clinical associate professor, clinical assistant professor or clinical instructor; lecturers; or other employees to the faculty. The term “other employees” in this context includes teaching assistants, teaching associates, research professionals, librarians, visiting faculty, exchange faculty, adjunct faculty and coaches. The term “general faculty” may also include other persons holding faculty rank.

General Faculty Recommendations:
Subject to the policies and rules of the Board of Regents, the faculty of institutions may make recommendations to the institutional administration, (in accordance with institutional protocol and organizational structure) on the following matters: 

1. Courses of study;
2. Entrance requirements;
3. The requirements for advance standing of transfer students to enroll;
4. The standards of performance for continuance in good standing;
5. The reinstatement of students dropped for scholastic reasons and the conditions for   reinstatement;
6. Standards and requirements for granting degrees, diplomas, or certificates to graduating students;
7. Rules and regulations for the granting of academic honors and the recipient(s) thereof;
8. Promotion in ranks;
9. Granting and retention of tenure; and
10. Resolution of grievances.

More information on faculty responsibilities is contained in the COHE Agreement, Section IX, available on the BOR website.

Faculty Senate
The Black Hills State University Faculty Senate is an elected body through which the faculty expresses its concern for the welfare of the University and University improvement, stimulates communication, contributes to the formation of general university policy, and performs those duties and functions especially allocated to or assumed by the faculty, subject to the limitations imposed by the laws of the state of South Dakota, the president of the university, and the Council of Higher Education (COHE) -Board of Regent (BOR) Contract.

The Faculty Senate operates under a constitution which has been ratified by the faculty as a whole. A copy of the Faculty Senate Constitution is available on the University website. 

Student Senate
The Student Senate assists in promoting the general welfare of the University and serves as an organized medium for expressing the opinion of students on matters of general concern.

Career Service Advisory Council
The Career Service Act Advisory Council is an organization of Career Service employees at Black Hills State University who have been elected to represent their peers. The Council serves as the link between CSA employees and the University administration.

Council of Higher Education (COHE)
COHE is the exclusive representative of the collective bargaining unit, as determined by the Division of Labor and Management Document No. 12E 1976/77, dated the 11th day of August, 1978, or as may be modified by the agreement, for the purpose of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, grievance procedures and other conditions of employment. The bargaining unit is composed of all full-time and regular part-time [a regular part-time employee is one employed in the current academic year who is employed fifty percent (50%) but less than one hundred percent (100%) of the normal full-time load in each semester]. The latest COHE Agreement is available on the Board of Regents Website.