| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.14 |
| Liaison | Teddy Lhoutellier |
| Submission Date | Jan. 26, 2022 |
University of Miami
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.12 / 3.00 |
Teddy
Lhoutellier Sustainability Manager Environmental Health and Safety |
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Part 1. Shared governance bodies
| 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 University of Miami is a duly chartered private educational institution incorporated under Florida law; its original Charter was granted by the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, as permitted by the Florida Statutes prior to 1959.
The University of Miami has traditionally attracted people of extraordinary ability and vision to its governing board. The first Board of Regents of the University of Miami was founded in 1926 and chaired by William E. Walsh, a Miami Beach municipal judge. Judge Walsh remained chairman until 1929, when he and other board members resigned in the wake of the financial collapse that followed the end of the Miami land boom and the hurricane of 1926. Their hope was that a newly constituted board would project a positive image to the community during trying times. The subsequent board consisted of only ten members, including founding University of Miami President Bowman Foster Ashe, formerly an economics professor at the University of Pittsburgh, who briefly chaired the new board. Other members of that board include legendary South Florida pioneers and business leaders George Merrick, Theodore Dickinson, E. B. Douglas, David Fairchild, James H. Gilman, Richardson Saunders, Frank B. Shutts, Joseph H. Adams, and J. C. Penney.
In July 1934, the University of Miami was reincorporated and the University of Miami Board of Trustees was established. For a few months under the new charter, President Ashe and four members of his administration comprised the board. By 1940, community leaders were replacing faculty and administration as trustees. Throughout the ensuing decades, the trustees have provided the guidance and focus in partnership with the administration and faculty to firmly establish the University of Miami among the top research universities in the world.
To better manage the University’s upward trajectory, today’s University of Miami Board of Trustees has grown considerably with 39 elected members, three alumni representatives, 17 senior members, six ex-officio members, four national members, 22 emeriti members, and one student representative.
The University of Miami has traditionally attracted people of extraordinary ability and vision to its governing board. The first Board of Regents of the University of Miami was founded in 1926 and chaired by William E. Walsh, a Miami Beach municipal judge. Judge Walsh remained chairman until 1929, when he and other board members resigned in the wake of the financial collapse that followed the end of the Miami land boom and the hurricane of 1926. Their hope was that a newly constituted board would project a positive image to the community during trying times. The subsequent board consisted of only ten members, including founding University of Miami President Bowman Foster Ashe, formerly an economics professor at the University of Pittsburgh, who briefly chaired the new board. Other members of that board include legendary South Florida pioneers and business leaders George Merrick, Theodore Dickinson, E. B. Douglas, David Fairchild, James H. Gilman, Richardson Saunders, Frank B. Shutts, Joseph H. Adams, and J. C. Penney.
In July 1934, the University of Miami was reincorporated and the University of Miami Board of Trustees was established. For a few months under the new charter, President Ashe and four members of his administration comprised the board. By 1940, community leaders were replacing faculty and administration as trustees. Throughout the ensuing decades, the trustees have provided the guidance and focus in partnership with the administration and faculty to firmly establish the University of Miami among the top research universities in the world.
To better manage the University’s upward trajectory, today’s University of Miami Board of Trustees has grown considerably with 39 elected members, three alumni representatives, 17 senior members, six ex-officio members, four national members, 22 emeriti members, and one student representative.
Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance
58
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
20
Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
34.48
Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:
Part 4. Community engagement bodies
Yes
Date Revised: Sept. 14, 2022
Date Revised: Sept. 14, 2022
A brief description of the campus-community council or equivalent body that gives external stakeholders a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them:
Here are two boards that are examples of external community stakeholders having a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect the institution:
1) The Coral Gables Community Relations Board
https://coralgables.granicus.com/boards/w/a2d677a566a5fce0/boards/7021 ;
2) Citizens Board
https://development.miami.edu/page.aspx?pid=314
1) The Coral Gables Community Relations Board
https://coralgables.granicus.com/boards/w/a2d677a566a5fce0/boards/7021 ;
2) Citizens Board
https://development.miami.edu/page.aspx?pid=314
Date Revised: Sept. 14, 2022
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