| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 62.77 |
| Liaison | Lisa Noriega |
| Submission Date | June 29, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Yale University
PA-3: Participatory Governance
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.50 / 3.00 |
Amber
Garrard Associate Director Yale Office of Sustainability |
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Do the institution’s students have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a student council)? :
Yes
Do the institution’s students have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
No
A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which students are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Yale College Council
The Yale College Council is a policy advocacy body that seeks to promote the student voice to Yale administrators. YCC is comprised of a five member student-wide elected executive and YCC Representatives elected from across the 14 Residential Colleges.
https://www.ycc.yale.edu/
Graduate & Professional School Senate
The mission of the graduate student senate is to foster interaction among students through community service, social gatherings, academic and professional events, as well as to enable official and unofficial student groups. The Senate also represents the graduate and professional student population on official university committees and oversees the management and maintenance of GPSCY and Gryphon's Pub.
http://gpss.yale.edu/
Do the institution’s staff members have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a staff council)?:
No
Do the institution’s non-supervisory staff members have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
No
A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which staff are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
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Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a faculty senate)?:
Yes
Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body? :
No
A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which teaching and research faculty are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
The 22 member elected Senate represents faculty from all ranks and divisions within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Yale. The Senate was created in 2015 to provide a more organized voice for the FAS faculty, to highlight and investigate issues of FAS concern, and to foster greater communication between the members of the FAS and the Yale administration.
https://fassenate.yale.edu/about-senate
The Provost's Office also convenes a number of committees with faculty and staff representation (by appointment) to address pressing university needs.
http://provost.yale.edu/committees
Does the institution have written policies and procedures to identify and engage external stakeholders (i.e. local residents) in land use planning, capital investment projects, and other institutional decisions that affect the community?:
No
A copy of the written policies and procedures:
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The policies and procedures:
Within the City of New Haven, Community Management Teams (CMT) are organized in each of New Haven's ten community policing districts. A CMT consists of residents and businesses within the district who have organized to serve as a forum for problem solving and information exchange centering around neighborhood issues that are of the most concern to the group. Community Management Teams help residents have a voice in neighborhood improvement and revitalization efforts and are an important link to the police and to other city and social service agencies. The University regularly attends and participates at these meetings in adjacent neighborhoods and keeps the community informed about new projects and developments.
Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which community members representing the interests of the following stakeholder groups can regularly participate in institutional governance?:
| Yes or No | |
| Local government and/or educational organizations | No |
| Private sector organizations | No |
| Civil society (e.g. NGOs, NPOs) | No |
A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which external stakeholders are engaged in institutional governance (including information about each stakeholder group selected above):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives 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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