Section 14-101 - Established; responsibilities; definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 14-101. Established; responsibilities; definitions.
 

(a)  Established; status.-  

(1) There is a body corporate and politic known as Morgan State University. 

(2) The University is an instrumentality of the State and a public corporation. 

(3) The University is an independent unit of State government. 

(4) The exercise by the University of the powers conferred by this subtitle is the performance of an essential public function. 

(b)  Responsibilities.- Morgan State University: 

(1) Has the responsibility, with other educational institutions, for providing higher education research and graduate study in the Baltimore area; 

(2) Is the State's public urban university with a mission of instruction, research, and service; 

(3) Offers baccalaureate and graduate degrees in the arts and sciences; 

(4) Emphasizes an education addressing urban concerns; and 

(5) Offers the professional and graduate programs approved by its Board of Regents and the Maryland Higher Education Commission. 

(c)  Definitions.-  

(1) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(2) "Board of Regents" means the Board of Regents of Morgan State University. 

(3) "University" means Morgan State University. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 77A, §§ 72, 73; 1978, ch. 22, § 2; 1988, ch. 246, § 2; 1994, ch. 485; 2004, ch. 273, § 2; 2006, ch. 255.]