Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.94
Liaison DeLayne Miller
Submission Date Dec. 15, 2022

STARS v2.2

Tennessee Technological University
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.75 / 3.00
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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:
Tennessee Tech's Student Government Association acts as a channel for the expression of student opinion, regarding the university, collaborate with administration to better student welfare, support student organizations, and foster community on campus: https://www.tntech.edu/sga/

The Faculty Senate serves as a representative voice of the teaching and research faculty. It provides a forum for the free discussion of any issue of interest or of concern to members of the faculty. It also serves in an advisory capacity by conveying the results of such discussions to the administrative officers and to the faculty:
https://www.tntech.edu/facultysenate/

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:
10

Number of students representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
1

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:
0

Part 3. Gender equity in governance

Number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
4

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
40

Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:
https://www.tntech.edu/board/trustees.php

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.:
1

Website URL where information about the institution’s governance structure is available:
https://www.tntech.edu/board/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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