A survey of 402 higher education institutions questioned faculty senate heads and administrators about the composition, effectiveness, and issue-orientation of faculty senates. Characteristics of administrative organization, areas of governance responsibility, issues to be addressed in the next three years, and perceptions concerning areas that…

A national survey found that 91 percent of colleges and universities have a participative governance body including faculty, and that faculty and administrative leaders find them effective and useful. However, respondents felt participants were not sufficiently rewarded, budgets were inadequate, the most able faculty were not attracted, and the…