New Mexico Statutes Chapter 21. State and Private Education Institutions § 21-7-9. Departmental faculties; course of instruction; books, degrees and diplomas; removal of officers

The immediate government of the several departments shall be entrusted to their respective faculties, but the regents shall have the power to regulate the course of instruction, and prescribe the books and authorities to be used in the several departments, and also confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usually conferred and granted by other universities. The regents shall have power to remove any officer connected with the university when in their judgment the interests require it.