Shared Governance

Milestone 1: Faculty Senate and Student Learning

The Faculty Senate will:

 - encourage student-centered pedagogy within colleges/schools;

 - recommend educational resources to enhance student learning;

 - suggest opportunities for field study to assist in the students’ professional development.

Milestone 2: Faculty Senate and the Faculty At-Large

The Faculty Senate will:

- implement strategies to support the faculty by developing a viable template for shared governance;

- provide an outlet to air reasonable concerns and grievances regarding university issues;

- provide literary and technological resources as it relates to the Faculty Senate.

Milestone 3: Faculty Senate and the Administration

The Faculty Senate will:

- partner with the administration to create effective student retention and student learning strategies;

- work with the administration to implement a higher level of shared governance between the administration and the faculty;

- institute cooperatives with other state institutions’ Faculty Senates and administrations.

Approved: February 15, 2013