Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.23
Liaison Roxane Beigel-Coryell
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

California State University, Channel Islands
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 3.00 Roxane Beigel-Coryell
Sustainability & Energy Manager
Facilities Services
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Part 1. Shared governance bodies

Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which the following stakeholders can regularly participate in the governance of the institution?:
Yes or No
Students Yes
Academic staff Yes
Non-academic staff Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal participatory or shared governance bodies:
CSU Channel Islands has several formal participatory and shared governance bodies with a variety of functions and foci. For example, the Associated Students Inc. on campus is governed by the ASI Board which consists of students, administrators,
staff, faculty, and a community member. The ASI Board provides:
• Oversight and conception of all governing documents,
• Recommendations on ASI administration & Student Union budgets
• Recommendations on ASI budget allocations for student organizations & Student Life programming

Additionally, the President's Planning and Policy Council is comprised of students, faculty and staff. It is the role of President's Planning and Policy Council to develop, review and recommend administrative policy to the President.

CI's Staff Council is made up of elected representatives from each of the 5 divisions (Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Business & Financial Affairs, Advancement, and Office of the President?. CI Staff Council organizes programs and services to bring staff together, addresses university and community issues not covered by the collective bargaining agreement, and reports directly to the campus President.

The Academic Senate is the official representative legislative body of the University and speaks on behalf of the University community on matters within its purview. The purpose of the Senate is to recommend policy on curriculum, academic standards, criteria and standards for the selection, retention and tenure of faculty members and other matters that affect faculty and students.

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:
25

Number of students representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
2

Number of academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
1

Number of non-academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
0

Part 3. Gender equity in governance

Number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
10

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
40

Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:

Part 4. Community engagement bodies

Does the institution host or support one or more formal bodies through which external stakeholders have a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them?:
No

A brief description of the campus-community council or equivalent body that gives external stakeholders a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them:
The ASI Board consists of students, administrators, staff, faculty, and a community member. The ASI Board provides:
-Oversight and conception of all governing documents,
-Recommendations on ASI administration & Student Union budgets
-Recommendations on ASI budget allocations for student organizations & Student Life programming

The are also several community member seats on the Foundation Board, Physical Master Plan Committee, the Site Authority Board, and the Business Advisory Council.

Optional Fields 

Number of people from underrepresented groups serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body.:
12

Website URL where information about the institution’s governance structure is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.csuci.edu/staff/council/about-us/bylaws-governance.htm
https://www.csuci.edu/president/presidentscouncil/
https://senate.csuci.edu/
https://www.csuci.edu/siteauthority/

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