§ 16-33.1-3 Award of degrees Curriculum and government. The board of governors, with the approval of the president and a committee ofthe faculty of the community college, shall award associate degrees,certificates, and diplomas and confer honors in the same manner as is customaryin American junior colleges and community colleges. It shall also be the dutyof the president and a committee of the faculty, with the approval of the boardof governors, to arrange courses of study, prescribe any qualifications for theadmission of students and any rules of study, exercise, discipline, andgovernment as the president and committee may deem proper.