Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.46
Liaison Gabrielle Lommel
Submission Date Dec. 16, 2020

STARS v2.2

Concordia College - Moorhead
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 3.00 Jackie Maahs
Sustainability Coordinator
Student Engagement
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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 No

A brief description of the institution’s formal participatory or shared governance bodies:
The college has a Student Government Association (SGA) that consists of an elected leadership team and class representatives, as well as other hired members. This group has a variety of responsibilities that include distributing funds, organizing campus events/activities and being a voice to administration for the student body.

Information about Faculty Senate from the Faculty Handbook
"The Faculty Senate shall serve as a representative body of the faculty.
6.2 The Faculty Senate shall address issues in which (a) faculty have primary responsibility and authority, (b)
faculty have joint responsibility and authority with administrative staff, and (c) faculty have advisory
responsibility and authority
6.3 The Faculty Senate may establish committees, task forces or use other means to accomplish its work.
6.4 The membership of the Faculty Senate shall be representative of the faculty and selected as delineated in the
Bylaws.
6.5 Meetings of the Faculty Senate shall be held regularly throughout the academic year and conducted as
delineated in the Bylaws."

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:
30

Number of students representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
0

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

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:
12

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:
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Optional Fields 

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