UH Regents consider $1M+ contracts, new programs, endowment hires at Aug. 20 meeting
The University of Houston System Board of Regents met Aug. 20 to consider a consent docket that included delegating contract authority exceeding $1 million to the Chancellor, approving new academic programs, and hiring private investment managers for the endowment. Minutes have not yet been published, so no official decisions are available.
Board of Regents
The board's agenda included:
- Delegating authority to the Chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts exceeding $1 million for goods/services and for construction.
- Approving an employment contract exceeding $1 million for the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine.
- Approving new academic programs at the University of Houston and University of Houston-Clear Lake.
- Approving a core curriculum review for the University of Houston System.
- Ratifying personnel contracts in the UH Division of Athletics and the Chancellor's performance bonus.
An executive session was scheduled for legal, real estate, personnel, and security matters, with potential actions on athletics contracts and a faculty dismissal.
Committee meetings
Academic, Research, and Student Success Committee
The committee considered delegating authority to the Chancellor to negotiate an employment contract exceeding $1 million for the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine. It also considered faculty hires with tenure, development leaves, workload approvals, new academic programs, and certificate closures at the University of Houston. An executive session was scheduled.
Endowment Management Committee
The committee considered delegating authority to the Chancellor to hire three private investment managers for the UH System Endowment Fund and to rebalance the UH System Non-Endowed Fund. It also received a report from NEPC on endowment and non-endowed portfolios. An executive session was scheduled.
Finance, Facilities, and Administration Committee
The committee considered two delegations of authority to the Chancellor for contracts exceeding $1 million—one for goods and services, another for construction. It also received a report on University of Houston System capital projects. An executive session was scheduled.
Audit and Compliance Committee
The committee received reports on the institutional compliance hotline for the three months ended July 31, 2026, campus carry policy implementation, and employee reporting of sexual harassment, assault, dating violence, and stalking. It also considered approving its charter, checklist, planner, and annual internal audit plan, and heard a compliance review of system support organizations for fiscal year 2025. An executive session was scheduled.
Coming up
No upcoming meetings are listed for the next 14 days.