Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 46.40
Liaison Robert Sitler
Submission Date July 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Stetson University
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.50 / 3.00 Rina Arroyo
Chief of Staff
President's Office
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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 No

A brief description of the institution’s formal participatory or shared governance bodies:
The Student Government Association President participates in Board of Trustees meetings to represent student concerns. The Faculty Senate Chair participates in all Board meetings to represent the faculty. All 3 Academic Deans attend all Board of Trustees meetings. We also have six faculty members who also regularly attend various Board committee meetings.

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:
36

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:
1

Part 3. Gender equity in governance

Number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
15

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
41.67

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:
-No students are official members, but the SGA President and Bar Association President attend and provide updates at each meeting
-No faculty are official members but we do have many faculty members on committees and attending meetings.

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