Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 28.30
Liaison Eva Chase
Submission Date June 21, 2024

STARS v2.2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.38 / 3.00 Eva Chase
Sustainability Coordinator
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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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 No

A brief description of the institution’s formal participatory or shared governance bodies:

Student Senate: The Student Association Senate governs in the best interest of the students; directs student organizations within the University; and represents the students before the citizens of South Dakota. The Student Association‘s power is subject to the laws of South Dakota and the rules established by the South Dakota State Board of Regents. The Student Association of the South Dakota Mines is an organization of all registered students who have paid activity fees. Through its officers and committees, it is involved in all student activities.

 

Faculty Senate: The Faculty Senate represents the South Dakota Mines faculty in providing advice to the President on all matters relating to the responsibilities of faculty including the formation of university policy, the maintenance and development of curriculum and the establishment of academic standards where such matters of interest to the faculty are specifically addressed within the Agreement between the Board of Regents and the Council of Higher Education.

 

University Cabinet: The South Dakota Mines University Cabinet generally meets once a month during the academic year and advises the president concerning the development of policy, the governance of the university, strategic planning, and the fiscal operation of the university.


Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:
30

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:
1

Number of non-academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
29

Number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
8

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
26.67

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