Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 82.81
Liaison Aaron Durnbaugh
Submission Date April 12, 2023

STARS v2.2

Loyola University Chicago
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.88 / 3.00 Aaron Durnbaugh
Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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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:
The governing body of Loyola University Chicago is the Board of Trustees. The Board elects its own members. Pursuant to the Bylaws, there are up to 50 seats on the Board. As of November 2022, there are 35 Trustees.
https://www.luc.edu/boardoftrustees/
The University Senate is an organization for University shared governance at Loyola University Chicago, and serves in an advisory capacity to the President of the University. Membership consists of 27 faculty, staff, students, and administrators. The University Provost, Chair of Faculty Council, Chair of Staff Council, Vice President of Human Resources/Chief Human Resources Officer, and the Vice President of Student Development also serve in an ex officio capacity.
https://www.luc.edu/universitysenate/index.shtml

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:
35

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:
11

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
31.43

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?:
Yes

A brief description of the campus-community council or equivalent body that gives external stakeholders a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them:
Lake Shore Community Partners - https://www.luc.edu/lscp/
Alumni councils by school.
Advisory Committees by school.
Center for Experiential Learning - https://www.luc.edu/experiential/forcommunitypartners/
Community-engagement processes by campus. - https://www.luc.edu/communityrelations/communitypartners/
Also these open meetings:

Student Government - https://www.luc.edu/sglc/
Staff Council - https://www.luc.edu/staffcouncil/
Faculty Council - https://www.luc.edu/faccouncil/

Optional Fields 

Number of people from underrepresented groups serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body.:
1

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:
Institution’s highest governing body includes individuals representing the following stakeholder groups as official (voting or non-voting) members: Students, Academic Staff, Non-Academic Staff

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