The purpose of this study is to further the examination of involvement, perceptions, and experiences of faculty in shared governance, with an emphasis on the differences between men and women. Moreover, this study seeks to understand potential gender disparities in the experience of women faculty while involved in shared governance, with a focus…

The number of staff members serving American higher education institutions has more than doubled in the past twenty years, as occupations in technology, development, government relations, and even athletic administration have grown as never before in the history of the academy. As the number, variety, and importance of these positions have grown,…

This booklet contains materials designed to assist local academic senate leaders in forming and leading stronger and more effective senates. Section I explains the sources and objectives of the booklet. Section II looks at the role of academic senates in California community colleges, while section III considers the characteristics of effective…

The senate of the University of Maryland at College Park includes representatives of the entire campus community. The involvement of all constituencies is useful: decisions and policies made result from full information and discussion; there are no decision surprises; and there is strong administrative commitment to act on policies adopted. (MSE)

This study presents the results of a survey of teacher education councils in National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) approved teacher preparation colleges in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The survey was conducted through a questionnaire structured to determine how teacher education councils are organized, how they…

The author draws on personal experience with institutional governance, at the levels of both the university and the American Association of University Professors, to examine principles of faculty participation in governance. The structure and functions of the faculty council of the University of Texas at Austin are outlined to illustrate…

An overview is provided of the 1985-86 activities of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC). After citing the section of the California Administrative Code establishing the ASCCC and listing the officers and members of the organization, the annual report presents a statement by the ASCCC president, Mark Edelstein, regarding…

Perception of a decline in the effectiveness of the college faculty senate, resulting from a number of trends, has aroused new interest in the function of the senate and willingness of elected faculty leaders to confer with each other through conferences in multicampus institutions, regional consortia, and statewide consortia. (MSE)

Describes a study of faculty opinions concerning academic standards in the community college classroom, comparing faculty responses based on personal characteristics, academic senate experience, and employment factors. Although faculty generally agreed on the importance of academic standards, there were differences based on senate membership,…

Management drive in both higher education and industry is to offer participation to employees but use such participation to increase management control through identifying weak links in a deliberately stressed work situation. Attacks on faculty unions or senates are all part of management's offensive against any control by labor, and also on…

This discussion of faculty senates examines roles senates are presumed to and actually play in college governance within four organizational models: bureaucratic, collegial, political, or symbolic. It is concluded that any changes must be undertaken carefully so as not to disturb either manifest or latent organizational functions. (MSE)

A survey of 52 public research universities revealed great variety in the depth of faculty involvement in budgeting and in structures through which faculty participate. Faculty do not, in general, have major roles in resource allocation decisions. The concept of shared authority should be reconsidered in light of current reality. (MSE)

Four case studies concerning joint faculty-administration committees established to make major decisions (Princeton University, New Jersey; Northwestern University, Illinois; Teacher's College Columbia University, New York; Ohio University) suggest that, although the committees have potential to improve campus management, they are neither as…

This paper presents a set of recommendations from the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges that can be applied by local academic senates as they create and improve their local planning and budget processes. Recommendations include: (1) planning should drive budgeting, never the reverse; (2) planning, in an academic context, should be…

In 1987, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) adopted a faculty ethics statement developed by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) detailing faculty responsibilities to their disciplines, as teachers, as colleagues, and as members of academic institutions. To make the AAUP statement more relevant to…