Temple University
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Students:

Temple Student Government is a group of elected and appointed Temple students, including the student body president who serves as the chief representative and as a non-voting member of the Temple Board of Trustees. TSG’s purpose is to foster understanding and involvement among all members of the university community, advocate in the best interests of a diverse student body, serve as a conscience of the university administration in the management of this institution, hold the university administration accountable for the quality of student life, and act as the official voice of students in academic, institutional and campus affairs.

The Temple Student Government is guided by the TSG constitution. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de4255d4d009912ef913fac/t/628acde36c274f65e1f96fad/1653263851777/TSG+Constitution+2022-2023.pdf

Faculty:

All full time faculty and librarians are members of the Faculty Senate, a governing body that has the responsibility of advising the administration and the Board of Trustees on: (1) on all matters of University policy,
(2) on all matters affecting the relations of the faculty of the university, and
(3) on all other matters of policy and administrative decision-making in which the faculty claims a reasonable advisement either through consultation or review and either at the initiation of the administration or at its own recognizance. The Faculty Senate, through the process of recommendation, may initiate advice to the administration and
Board of Trustees on any matter of policy, decision and program.

While each faculty member is a member of the Faculty Senate, the representative bodies of committees and officers are elected in accordance with the Faculty Senate's bylaws and constitution (http://www.temple.edu/Senate/rules.html).The Faculty Senate maintains 19 committees and continues to actively advocate for Temple University faculty and librarians.

The President of the Faculty Senate serves as a non-voting member of the Board of Trustees

<https://facultysenate.temple.edu/sites/facultysenate/files/documents/SenateConstitutionJuly2013.pdf>

<https://facultysenate.temple.edu/>

Non-academic staff:

Key leaders representing the core operations also serve on Temple University's Administrative Council. There are over 100 active members of the Administrative Council who represent 6 domestic campuses, 17 schools and colleges, and the various departments that support the university enterprise. The Council meets periodically throughout the year for timely updates on policy, procedures, systems and information related to fiscal roles and responsibilities.

Temple staff members are encouraged not only to participate, but more importantly to inform and drive the agenda.

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The number reported for the "Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body" reflects the individuals present for the last public session of the Temple University Board of Trustees in FY2023 as indicated in the official meeting minutes provided. It does not include non-voting representatives like the Faculty Senate President or the Temple Student Government President so they are not accounted for in the total number of individuals nor the "number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body."

The percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women reflects the number of women with voting power present at the last meeting of FY2023, the fiscal year for which we are reporting.