§ 16-33-6 Award of degrees Curriculum and government. The board of governors for higher education, with the approval of the presidentand a committee of the faculty of Rhode Island College, shall award academicdegrees and diplomas and confer honors in the same manner as is customary inAmerican colleges. It shall also be the duty of the president and a committeeof the faculty, with the approval of the board of governors for highereducation, 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.