| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.89 |
| Liaison | Natalie Sobrinski |
| Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2024 |
Muhlenberg College
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.38 / 3.00 |
Laura
Furge Provost Office of the Provost |
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Part 1. Shared governance bodies
| 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 offers its undergraduate students many opportunities to participate in governance organizations, college-wide advisory groups, committees, and other leadership roles. The Student Government Association (SGA) represents undergraduates by voicing their concerns, promoting student interests, and advocating for student life and academic concerns (Student Government Association Bylaws). The student body elects the Student Body President every November along with 22 at-large representative seats in the SGA.” From the Chapter on Governance in the Muhlenberg College Middle States Self-Study 2016 supplied by Dr. Kathleen Harring, President of Muhlenberg College. Yes, The SGA President is invited as one of the College constituents to attend the Board of Trustee meeting with voice but no vote.
Yes. All faculty can attend monthly faculty meetings. Full-time tenure and tenure-track faculty have voice and vote. Visiting faculty have voice but no vote.
“In accordance with the Working Resolutions, the Board may invite various Constituent Representatives to attend regular Board meetings and/or meetings of Board committees. These include two representatives from the faculty, elected by the faculty” (Muhlenberg College Middle States Self-Study 2016 provided by Dr. Kathy Harring)
No. Two faculty members are elected by the faculty to serve as representatives to the Board of Trustees. They have voice but no vote.
Yes. All faculty can attend monthly faculty meetings. Full-time tenure and tenure-track faculty have voice and vote. Visiting faculty have voice but no vote.
“In accordance with the Working Resolutions, the Board may invite various Constituent Representatives to attend regular Board meetings and/or meetings of Board committees. These include two representatives from the faculty, elected by the faculty” (Muhlenberg College Middle States Self-Study 2016 provided by Dr. Kathy Harring)
No. Two faculty members are elected by the faculty to serve as representatives to the Board of Trustees. They have voice but no vote.
Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance
27
Number of students representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
1
Number of academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
2
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
9
Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
33.33
Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:
Part 4. Community engagement bodies
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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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:
The information reported is accurate to the best of the knowledge of:
Laura Furge, Provost, laurafurge@muhlenberg.edu
Laura Furge, Provost, laurafurge@muhlenberg.edu
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