Materials for Workshop: ‘The Role of the Faculty in Shared Governance’ held Feb. 21, 2017:

 

Below are the handouts, powerpoint materials, and documents discussed at the AAUP Workshop series on shared governance:

• Powerpoint: Shared Governance and Faculty Handbooks (policies) (see your umflint e-mail from Feb. 21st, 2017 on ‘workshop materials’ from the aaup to obtain the password to open the file). This file is what was shown and discussed at the workshop. It is a presentation given at the National AAUP Shared Governance Conference in October 2016 by Joerg Tiede and Greg Scholtz. One page on handbooks for collective bargaining was removed for irrelevance to the UM-Flint structure.
• Handout on departmental governance at U of M that articulates how departments should participate in faculty governance.
• Handout from National AAUP on best practices for minute-taking and agenda-setting.
• U of M task force Report on executive committees/unit governance (2005)
• National AAUP “Statement on the Government of Colleges and Universities”
• Other reports and handouts referenced include:
  • National AAUP “Review of Governance at UM-Flint” (2016)
  • U of M Senate Principles on Faculty Involvement in Institutional Governance
  • U of M Statement on Academic Freedom
  • U of M Senate “Open Governance Resolution“

 

Materials for Workshop: “What is Shared Governance?” held Monday February 13, 2017

 

Below are the handouts, powerpoint materials, and documents discussed at the AAUP Workshop:

• Powerpoint materials (see your umflint e-mail on ‘workshop materials’ from the aaup to obtain the password to open the file). This file is what was shown and discussed at the workshop. It is a presentation given by Michael DeCesare at the National AAUP Shared Governance Conference in October 2016. Three pages were removed for irrelevance to the UM-Flint structure.
  • DeCesare ‘What is Shared Governance?’
• National AAUP “Statement on the Government of Colleges and Universities” of 1966. This is the most important governance policy document drafted by the AAUP. It has been used to adapt portions to the U of M Regents Bylaws and Faculty Handbook. It is considered the ‘gold standard’ of governance in higher education.
  • Statement on the Government of Colleges and Universities
• Principles of Faculty Involvement in Institutional Governance. This was compiled by the Senate of U of M to pull together the most important governance policies for U of M faculty from the Regents Bylaws and U of M Faculty Handbook. It is applicable to all three campuses.
  • Principles on Faculty Involvement in Institutional Governance
• Open Governance Resolution: This was passed by the U of M Senate in 2012 as a statement regarding expectations of transparency in the governance of the university.
  • Open Governance Resolution
• University of Michigan Senate-Adopted Policy on Academic Freedom:
  • U of M Statement on Academic Freedom
• National AAUP 2016 Report on a Review of Governance at UM-Flint:
  • UMF Governance Review AAUP