{"id":103,"date":"2023-10-03T09:32:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2023-10-03T09:33:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:33:21","slug":"marshall-university-shared-governance-report-and-timeline-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/marshall-university-shared-governance-report-and-timeline-october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Shared Governance Report and Timeline (October 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>April 2022<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ad Hoc Committee created<\/strong>, including representation from faculty, staff, administrators, and students across campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>May-November 2022<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Subcommittees established to conduct <strong>external benchmarking<\/strong> and an <strong>internal assessment<\/strong> of the state of shared governance at Marshall\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External benchmarking<\/strong> sub-committee researched exemplary institutional models and best practices<\/li>\n<li><strong>Internal assessment<\/strong> subcommittee used D4D methods, conducted an open town hall, and conducted an online survey to assess stakeholders\u2019 views of shared governance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>December 2022 <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This initial work resulted in the following recommendations for Marshall, which were presented to President Smith:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Structural\/procedural <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>University Senate that includes staff, students, and faculty<\/li>\n<li>This would address exclusion of non-academic units (e.g., Honors College) from shared governance<\/li>\n<li>University constitution or similar shared governance document<\/li>\n<li>Regular review cycle of shared governance university-wide, perhaps through Shared Governance Review Committee<\/li>\n<li>Review current initiatives to avoid initiative overload<\/li>\n<li>Improve\/codify onboarding for committees, including duties and workload\/time commitment<\/li>\n<li>Additions to shared governance committee: graduate student, online student, adjunct\/term faculty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Filling gaps <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Body for managing budgetary decisions<\/li>\n<li>Representation for non-classified staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communication <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Finalize shared governance chart and launch interactive website enabling action channels<\/li>\n<li>Work with communications to develop announcement system for committee\/governing body activity, upcoming actions &amp; decisions (including solicitations for input), and shared governance outcomes<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMeeting of the families\u201d: regular meetings of heads of all lateral governing bodies (Cabinet, Faculty Senate, Grad Council, SGA, Staff Council, Board of Governors, Academic Affairs)<\/li>\n<li>Shared governance guidelines for civil discourse for open discussion forums and governance meetings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incentivize\/create buy-in <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Stakeholders should receive a reply to their contributions to decision-making\/follow-up on initiatives<\/li>\n<li>Initiatives could be tracked through Shared Governance Review Committee<\/li>\n<li>Consider time incentives (including 12-month faculty hires) and monetary incentives for significant participation<\/li>\n<li>Shared governance awards\/recognitions<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSite visits\u201d for different stakeholders to see others in action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>January-September 2023<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These recommendations were prioritized according to urgency and time for completion, and new subcommittees were established to research, plan, and initiate the above recommendations.<\/li>\n<li>The following have been completed as of October 2023:\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMeeting of the families\u201d has been established with a representative member from each governing body on campus. Meetings are held regularly and emergency meetings may be called by members for urgent matters.<\/li>\n<li>Budget Working Group re-instated with representation from faculty Budget and Academic Policy Committee (BAPC)<\/li>\n<li>CFO provides regular reports to the BAPC<\/li>\n<li>Non-classified Staff Council membership structure has been established, council will convene in January 2024<\/li>\n<li>Additional input from stakeholders on current shared governance processes through open town hall and follow-up survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The following are in process and will be completed by December 2023:\n<ul>\n<li>New interactive shared-governance organizational chart<\/li>\n<li>Shared governance \u201ccustomer service\u201d website to direct stakeholders to correct governing units for their inquiries\/issues<\/li>\n<li>Regular shared governance review process established, with Shared Governance Review committee to be convened in January 2024<\/li>\n<li>Recommendations to incentivize shared governance participation and ensure equitable representation among stakeholders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The following are in process and will be completed by May 2024:\n<ul>\n<li>A university-wide shared governance document that lays out Marshall\u2019s shared governance principles and structures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 2022 Ad Hoc Committee created, including representation from faculty, staff, administrators, and students across campus May-November 2022 Subcommittees established to conduct external benchmarking and an internal assessment of the state of shared governance at Marshall External benchmarking sub-committee researched exemplary institutional models and best practices Internal assessment subcommittee used D4D methods, conducted an open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}