Organization and Administration
University of San Francisco is chartered as a non-profit organization and is governed by a privately appointed board of trustees, along with the University President, the University Chancellor, the University Provost and Vice-presidents, and the Deans. The board currently has 42 voting members who serve three, three year terms and is chaired by Thomas E. Malloy. The trustees serve without compensation. The board of trustees elects a President to serve as the general manager and chief executive of the university. The current president (since 2000) is Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J. The President, according to USF Bylaws, is specifically responsible for articulating and advancing the Jesuit Catholic character of the university. USF possesses an endowment of $225 million (as of August 2008)
USF's faculty and librarians are unionized. The University of San Francisco Faculty Association, a local of the California Federation of Teachers, represents its members in all matters concerning wages, benefits and enforcing the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The USFFA is consulted by the USF administration on most matters affecting the working conditions of the faculty and librarians. The Union was founded in 1975. The founding President was Economics Professor Michael Lehmann (1975-1988), the second was English Professor Alan Heineman (1988-2005) and the current President is history Professor Elliot Neaman (2005- ).
USF's academics are organized into five schools which offer courses of study at the graduate and undergraduate level, with two more being primarily focused on graduate education, while offering select opportunities for undergraduate students. USF offers over 50 degrees in several departments. The university also operates four regional campuses in Sacramento, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa, and San Jose. The main emphasis of the regional campuses is undergraduate Degree Completion programs for working adults. USF is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and the School of Management is accredited by the AACSB. The Master's of Public Administration (MPA) which is a graduate level program under USF's School of Management is separately accredited by NASPAA.
Undergraduate tuition at USF is $38,490 for the 2012-2013 school year. The University is organized as follows:
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Undergraduate and Graduate Schools
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USF is on the semester system.
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