Eastern Connecticut State University
PA-3: Governance

The Student Government Association at Eastern is a governing body to which students are elected. SGA works to meet the social, economic, and curricular needs of all Eastern students and works with Eastern faculty and administrations in deliberations. All students regardless of status are able to attend. The SGA is constituency based and officers are elected annually by the SGA membership. The student officers act as advisory bodies in the management of SGA. Each student senator serves on one internal committee and one external committee. For more information please visit: http://www1.easternct.edu/studentactivities/sga/ Students also serve on other governance bodies and committees at Eastern (see below).

Eastern's governing body falls under the CT Board of Regents (BOR). The Board of Regents members has 15 voting members: 9 appointed by the Governor, 4 appointed by legislative leadership, and 2 students chosen by their peers. The student members are chair and vice-chair of the Student Advisory Committee. The current student members of the BOR are from other state university campuses (Southern CT State Univ and Manchester Community College). http://www.ct.edu/regents Most committees within Eastern CT State University include students as valuable members.

Students are appointed as members of most governing committees on campus (e.g., Strategic Plan Committee, Master Plan Committee, Campus Activity Board, Green Campus Committee, University Senate, etc). Students serve on committees and participate and vote like other committee members.

Staff are able to participate in one or more governing bodies. Staff are appointed to and serve on many governing committees, such as Strategic Plan Committee, Master Plan Committee, Green Campus Committee, etc.) In addition, administrative staff and faculty are members of employee professional organizations and/or bargaining units, determined by their job function. Employee organizations provide numerous opportunities for participation. A list of Eastern's employee organizations can be found at http://www1.easternct.edu/administration/employee-organizations/ Faculty are also represented by and participate in The University Senate, which shares joint responsibility with the University Administration for the development of University policies in such areas as curriculum, degree requirements, scholastic standards, admission policies, academic freedom, promotion, tenure and continuing appointments, and University organizational structure, in the selection of the President, Vice Presidents, and Deans, in budget and planning, and in other matters affecting the educational quality and mission of the University. For more information on the University Senate please use the following link: http://www1.easternct.edu/senate/

There is no guaranteed representation for non-supervisory staff on the CT Board of Regents. However, non-supervisory staff are actively included and participate on Eastern campus committees.

Staff are appointed to or elected to committees which participate in decision making in the areas listed above.

All faculty are party of a governing organization/union known as AAUP. The information for this union can be found using the following link: http://www.ecsuaaup.org/ All faculty are also invited to participate in the University Senate (see description above). For more information on the University Senate please use the following link: http://www1.easternct.edu/senate/

There is no guaranteed representation for faculty on the CT Board of Regents. However, faculty are actively included and participate on Eastern campus committees.

Faculty are appointed, elected, or volunteer to serve on committees that make decisions in the areas listed above.

This information was input my ISE staff member Laura Miller. Data was collected using information from employee collective bargaining agreements, University Senate information, Board of Regents, and student activities information.