superboard

noun

superboard

noun

Etymology From super- + board.

1

A consolidated governing board set up in place of several lesser boards.

  • States such as North Carolina, Louisiana, and Wisconsin have consolidated power over state college policy in superboards in an attempt to improve efficiency.1972, University Register, volume 2, University of Virginia:
  • Several problems seemed to have resulted in the creation of the superboards. The first was the perceived wasteful and needless duplication of programs by different agencies within the same denomination.1977, Paul A. Mickey, Robert Leroy Wilson, What new creation?, page 142:

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