Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 76.05
Liaison Jack Byrne
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Middlebury College
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 3.00 Jack Byrne
Director of Sustainability Integration
Environmental Affair
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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 Middlebury Student Government Association has representatives on two committees of the Board of Trustees: the Finance Committee and the Board of Advisors. See section III(A) and (B) of SGA Bylaws: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AE_5Gm_mZcUgqQ7t5ETm0wymERB44x5hbR_9dAznVPw/edit

The Middlebury Faculty Council has representation on two committees of the Board of Trustees; the Board itself and the Board of Overseers. See
C2, section 2A (v.) and (vi.) https://www.middlebury.edu/handbook/pages/ii-ug-college-policies/faculty/faculty-committees/

The Middlebury Staff Council is formally acknowledged by the Board of Trustees and Staff Council members "meet periodically with representatives of the Board of Trustees and with the Middlebury president to communicate staff issues. See A.5, article III(B)(C) of bylaws
https://www.middlebury.edu/handbook/pages/ii-ug-college-policies/commun-policies/mcsc-constitution/

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:
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:
18

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
51.43

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?:
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:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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