Shared governance is a dynamic employee-leader partnership that promotes collaboration, shared decision making and accountability for improving quality of care, safety, and enhancing work life.

Debates are raging on many campuses over faculty unionization. I’m not a supporter, but as a longtime member and former chair of our campus senate, I’m especially troubled by unionization’s ...

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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 ...

Under President Eli Capilouto, the University of Kentucky increasingly resembles a corporate enterprise rather than a publicly governed institution.

Survey of presidents and trustees shows they value relationships with faculty members and want to improve them, but within some limits. When it comes to shared governance, is OK good enough? That’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Over the course of my career, I’ve observed two speeds of governance: foot-on-the-brake for everyday business and pedal-to-the-metal for existential decisions. I’ve also grappled with how to honor the ...