This task force brought together a group of regents, administrators, faculty, staff, and a student to hone their collective understanding of shared governance and the role it should play at an ...

When I write about tenure, one of the most common defenses I get is tenure’s necessity for institutional “shared governance.” As commenter “pquincy” put it when responding to a recent post, “Without ...

The history of shared governance in universities is long and layered, rooted in medieval traditions and evolving through American higher education. The earliest universities, such as Bologna and Paris ...

Susan Resneck Pierce’s new book, “Shared Governance Reconsidered,” offers a useful outline of many of the dilemmas facing shared governance in American higher education, and I’m not just saying that ...

A bill seeking to limit the power of shared governance organizations at public universities, including the University of Arizona’s faculty senate, is moving through the Arizona legislature. The bill ...

Penn’s Faculty Senate recently released a one-pager outlining its responsibilities as part of the University’s governance system. The document, published earlier this month on the Faculty Senate ...

Connecticut College students, faculty, staff and administrators are committed to a system of governance in which the perspectives of all groups are considered in the institution's decision-making ...

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Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute Associate of the Duke Initiative for ...

Among the many higher-ed trends being amplified by Covid-19? The downfall of shared governance, according to a new report from the American Association of University Professors. The report, ...