| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.78 |
| Liaison | Troy Goodnough |
| Submission Date | Feb. 10, 2022 |
University of Minnesota, Morris
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.50 / 3.00 |
Troy
Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
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:
https://committees.morris.umn.edu/
UMN Morris functions both as a unique campus and as part of the University of Minnesota as a whole. Morris has a campus governance structure that includes an Assembly and various committees. All campus constituencies are represented, including faculty, students, P&A (professional and administrative staff), and the United Staff Association (U.S.A.) of civil service and bargaining unit employees. Members of the Morris campus community also participate in University-wide bodies such as the all-University Senate. Faculty, staff and students participate in both campus and all-University 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:
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:
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:
The Benson Center for Community Partnerships is home to the Center for Small Towns and Office of Community Engagement. The Benson Center has an Advisory Council that meets with campus staff and leadership about campus life, priorities, and engagement initiatives.
https://students.morris.umn.edu/community-engagement
UMN Morris is a lead organizing partner in the Morris Model (www.morrismodel.org). The Morris Model is a community partnership that routinely meets with community partners to consider joint planning work and to consider how changes each partner makes may affect other partners.
https://morris.umn.edu/sustainability/morris-model-partnership
Number of people from underrepresented groups serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body.:
Website URL where information about the institution’s governance structure is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Board of Regents: https://regents.umn.edu/regents
Student Members to the Board of Regents: https://regents.umn.edu/student-representatives-board-regents
For the UMN Morris campus, the Campus Assembly is our most important governing body. The powers and responsibilities granted to Campus Assembly include: To establish appropriate policies, procedures, and regulations governing the campus and to act on all issues that materially affect the campus as a whole. Areas included are institutional mission, organizational structure, allocation of resources, budget, curriculum, academic support services, faculty development, honors, functions, admissions, retention, graduation, study abroad, student services, athletics, student activities, awards, financial aid, student behavior, and campus events.
Read more here: https://committees.morris.umn.edu/assembly
These links provide additional data about our structure:
https://committees.morris.umn.edu/about-campus-assembly
http://committees.morris.umn.edu/
http://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/campgov/
Additionally, the UMN Morris is part of the U of M system and participates in shared governance via the U of M University Senate. The University Senate has representatives from faculty, students, professional and administrative staff, and civil service staff.
The University Senate contains within it four senates: the Faculty Senate, the Student Senate, the Academic Professionals and Administrators (P&A) Senate, and the Civil Service Senate.
Board of Regents: https://regents.umn.edu/regents
Student Members to the Board of Regents: https://regents.umn.edu/student-representatives-board-regents
For the UMN Morris campus, the Campus Assembly is our most important governing body. The powers and responsibilities granted to Campus Assembly include: To establish appropriate policies, procedures, and regulations governing the campus and to act on all issues that materially affect the campus as a whole. Areas included are institutional mission, organizational structure, allocation of resources, budget, curriculum, academic support services, faculty development, honors, functions, admissions, retention, graduation, study abroad, student services, athletics, student activities, awards, financial aid, student behavior, and campus events.
Read more here: https://committees.morris.umn.edu/assembly
These links provide additional data about our structure:
https://committees.morris.umn.edu/about-campus-assembly
http://committees.morris.umn.edu/
http://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/campgov/
Additionally, the UMN Morris is part of the U of M system and participates in shared governance via the U of M University Senate. The University Senate has representatives from faculty, students, professional and administrative staff, and civil service staff.
The University Senate contains within it four senates: the Faculty Senate, the Student Senate, the Academic Professionals and Administrators (P&A) Senate, and the Civil Service Senate.
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