Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	62.14
Liaison	Michael Lizotte
Submission Date	April 9, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of North Carolina, Charlotte
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.38 / 3.00	Michael Lizotte University Sustainability Officer Facilities Planning

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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:

The Student Government Association at UNC Charlotte works to advocate for the financial, academic and social needs of the Student Body. Faculty Governance at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is the exercise of the authority of the Faculty including management of the curriculum. Faculty Governance is led by the Faculty Council which is comprised of one elected voting member from each academic unit and a number of ex-officio members. The Faculty Council is a policy making and consultative body, responsible for the quality of instruction and scholarship at the University as outlined by the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. The Staff Council was established to create and provide a more harmonious working environment for the staff of The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It has been delegated the authority and responsibility to bring to the attention of the administration matters of general staff concern; and to take such actions as are necessary to enable it to meet those responsibilities.

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:

38.46

Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:

https://chancellor.charlotte.edu/leadership/board-trustees

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.:

Website URL where information about the institution’s governance structure is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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