Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	78.11
Liaison	Kristin Larson
Submission Date	Oct. 23, 2023

STARS v2.2

San Diego State University
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.75 / 3.00	Molly Weber AASHE STARS Student Intern Office of Energy & 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:

San Diego State University (SDSU) operates under a shared governance philosophy — where each member of the community (whether faculty, student, staff, or administrator) has an opportunity to weigh in on matters of policy and procedure. SDSU's governing bodies include the Office of the President, the University Senate, and Associated Students.
https://senate.sdsu.edu/01_about-university-senate

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

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

Number of students representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Number of academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Number of non-academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Part 3. Gender equity in governance

Number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

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

Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:

https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/meet-the-board-of-trustees

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:

San Diego State University participates in a quarterly meeting that is facilitated by the San Diego City Council District 9 Councilmember, Sean elo-Rivera, who represents the College Area. Included in that group are the Councilmember and his staff, city staff from Code Enforcement and Environmental Services department, San Diego Police Department, community members, SDSU Police, and SDSU administrators. These meetings help address issues in the College Area that are related to a University being centered in the middle of a suburban neighborhood. This group works together to find solutions and help build community between the University, the City and the residents.

Optional Fields

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

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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