Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.42
Liaison Andrew D'Amico
Submission Date Aug. 25, 2021

STARS v2.2

Princeton University
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.50 / 3.00 Shana Weber
Director
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:
Princeton has multiple formal, participatory and shared governance bodies through which academic and non-academic staff regularly participate in the institution's governance and focused on an array of areas including resource planning, equity & diversity, space programming and planning, and others.

One committee in particular, The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC), was established in 1969 as "a permanent conference of the representatives of all major groups of the University” where “they could each raise problems that concern them and … be exposed to each other’s views.” The CPUC examines and makes recommendations on questions of policy that govern and affect the welfare of the University community. Chaired by the University’s president, the council is composed of academic staff, non-academic staff, students and alumni. Standing committees of the CPUC include The Executive Committee, and committees on the following areas: Rights & Rules, Governance, Priorities, Resources and the Judicial Committee.

Link to CPUC: https://cpuc.princeton.edu/

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:
39

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:
19

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
48.72

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:
USG: https://usg.princeton.edu/

GSG: https://gsg.princeton.edu/

CPUC: https://cpuc.princeton.edu/

Board of Trustees: https://president.princeton.edu/vice-president-and-secretary/board-trustees

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