WordNet
n. a committee of university officers who have general supervision over the welfare and conduct of students
Usage examples of "board of regents".
Two other Enders were on the Board of Regents, able to push his case.
But there had been one unforgettable occasion when the entire Board of Regents, in full evening attire, had been sipping cocktails around the pool while awaiting the arrival of a distinguished guest from the mainland.
And so is Angela Davis, the black professor who only recently was kicked off campus by Governor Reagan's Board of Regents.
If they object to the policies of the Board of Regents, they have no recourse except at the polls at the next election—.
I baited my liberal adversaries, publishing a diatribe against a board of regents proposal to strengthen affirmative action programs.
For a while last spring he appeared to be in conflict with the normally atavistic Board of Regents, which runs the university, but somewhere along the line a blue-chip compromise was reached, and whatever progressive ideas the Regents might have flirted with were lost in the summer lull.