Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	49.88
Liaison	Karen Marin-Hines
Submission Date	Feb. 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

Texas Tech University
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.75 / 3.00	Karen Marin-Hines Campus Sustainability Officer Operations

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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:

"Student Government Association (SGA) - In addition, to work diligently to cultivate partnerships with the student body, administration, faculty, staff, and community, to maximize each student's educational and personal growth. The Student Government Association also encourages student involvement and will provide opportunities to develop a lifetime relationship with Texas Tech University for each student and to keep Texas Tech University at the forefront of higher education. Faculty Senate - The Faculty Senate acts on behalf of the faculty and serves as an advisory body to the President of the University and may consider all matters of university concern. Any member of the University community may bring a matter of university concern to the attention of the Senate. The Senate may make recommendations to the President of the University concerning the academic functions of the University, academic freedom, and other matters pertaining to the welfare of the University, particularly those of special interest to the faculty. (Senate Constitution IV, 1-3) Staff Senate - The Texas Tech University Staff Senate shall exist to contribute to the welfare of its staff employees; to serve as a liaison among staff, administration, faculty, and students; and to advise the administration in matters affecting the staff. Through these purposes, the Staff Senate strives foremost to contribute to the overall success of Texas Tech University. """ The Senate may make recommendations to the President of the University concerning the academic functions of the University, academic freedom and other matters pertaining to the welfare of the University, particularly those of special interest to the faculty. (Senate Constitution IV, 1-3) Staff Senate - The Texas Tech University Staff Senate shall exist to contribute to the welfare of its staff employees; to serve as a liaison among staff, administration, faculty, and students; and to advise the administration in matters affecting the staff. Through these purposes the Staff Senate strives foremost to contribute to the overall success of Texas Tech University. "

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.texastech.edu/board-of-regents/index.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?:

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:

https://www.depts.ttu.edu/diversity/institutional-diversity/about.php

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Staff Senate - http://www.depts.ttu.edu/staffsenate/
Faculty Senate - https://www.depts.ttu.edu/senate/
SGA - http://www.depts.ttu.edu/sga/

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