Review the University's Governance Structure

hared governance will continue to be a viable concept for Marshall University well into the 21st Century. As technology brings changes to the college campus, true good faith dialogue between faculty, staff, students and administrators will continue to be the key to providing quality education to the students of Marshall University. The committee urges the administration to continue to use existing Faculty Senate, Staff Council and Student Government Association standing committees to resolve problems on campus. From time to time, the creation of ad-hoc committees will be a necessity. Those committees should be formed with the consultation and participation of current governance structures.

The dispersion process will create more regional learning centers. These regional learning centers may develop a faculty and staff which serve the local learning center and seldom, if at all, come to the centralized campuses of Huntington and South Charleston. More adjunct and part-time faculty and staff will be employed as these regional centers continue to develop. Faculty Senate, Staff Council and student government will need to be inclusive bodies to seek ways to meet the needs of this new constituency. Marshall should explore the use of teleconferencing and flexible calendars to allow representation in existing governance structures by this new body of employees.

The committee recommends the study of multi-campus governance structures with the findings to be submitted to the executive committees of the Faculty Senate, Staff Council and Student Government Association.