General Resources on Faculty Governance
Those not available online may be ordered by e-mail.
Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities. 1966 (Revised April 1990).
Financial Exigency, Academic Governance, and Related Matters. 2004. This report was prepared by a joint subcommittee of the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure and the Association’s Committee on College and University Governance, and has been approved for publication by the two standing committees.
The Faculty Role in the Reform of Intercollegiate Athletics—Principles and Recommended Practices. 2002.
On the Relationship of Faculty Governance to Academic Freedom. 1994.
Statement on Intercollegiate Athletics. 1991.
The Role of the Faculty in Budgetary and Salary Matters. 1990.
The Role of the Faculty in the Governance of College Athletics. 1989. This report was prepared by the Special Committee on Athletics, established by the Executive Committee of the Council of the American Association of University Professors. It was approved for publication by the Association’s Committee on College and University Governance.
Faculty Participation in the Selection, Evaluation, and Retention of
Administrators. 1981.
Governance Standards in Institutional Mergers and Acquisitions. 1981.
On Institutional Problems Resulting from Financial Exigency: Some Operating Guidelines. 1978.
Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians. 1973.
Academic Freedom, Shared Governance, and the First Amendment after Garcetti v. Ceballos. (.pdf) February 2011. By Rachel Levinson, Senior Counsel . Presentation for Stetson University College of Law 31st Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education.
On the Relationship Between AAUP Chapters and Faculty Senates. 2004. By Larry Gerber, AAUP First Vice President.
Some Legal Aspects Of Collegial Governance. 2003. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Presentation made to the AAUP 2003 Governance Conference: Making Teamwork Work.
AAUP Actions & Initiatives
Ralph S. Brown Award for Shared Governance.
Academe: Magazine of the AAUP
Opinions expressed in Academe's contributed feature articles and reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the policies of the AAUP.
Columns
Should We Abandon All Hope? September-October 2007. By Cary Nelson. From the President.
Sarbanes-Oxley. May-June 2006. By Roger W. Bowen. From the General Secretary.
The Wisdom of Solomon. May-June 2005. By Ann Springer. Legal Watch.
Outsourcing. March-April 2004. By Mary A. Burgan. From the General Secretary.
Reappraising the Value of Shared Governance. July-August 2002. By Lawrence Hanley. From the Editor.
Enron and Governance. May-June 2002. By Mary A. Burgan. From the General Secretary.
Governance: A Practical Guide. May-June 2001. By Mary Burgan. From the General Secretary.
Shadow Governance. March-April 2001. By Martin D. Snyder. State of the Profession.
Feature Articles & News
AAUP Governance Conference Draws Overflow Crowd. January-February 2011. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.
Texas Hold Him. May-June 2010. By Robert J. Pohl
How to Climb Down from Top-Down Leadership. May-June 2010. By Rob Jenkins and Beth Jensen.
November-December 2009. Governance in a Time of Finanical Crisis.
Creating a Flexible Budget Process. By James Frew, Robert Olson, and M. Lee Pelton.
Global Trends in Academic Governance.
By William K. Cummings and Martin Finkelstein
Professors have lost power.
Governance and Faculty Satisfaction.
By Joan E. Test and Jef Cornelius-White.
An Outsider’s View of Governance Models. May-June 2008. By Leon Trakman.
What’s the Use of a Mission Statement? January-February 2008. By Jack Meacham.
A Mission Counterstatement. January-February 2008. By James Berger.
Bronx Cheers. November-December 2007. By Frederick De Naples.
Averting the Nuclear Option. July-August 2007. By William G. Tierney.
No Confidence in No-Confidence Votes. July-August 2007. By Joseph Petrick.
Court Finds Trustees Overstepped. May-June 2007. By Rachel B. Levinson. AAUP at Work.
Shared Governance, Junior Faculty, and HBCUs. November-December 2006. By Beverly Guy-Sheftall.
Governance Review Without Tears. November-December 2006. By Lynn K. Davis and Deborah L. Page.
Faculty, Own Thyself. January-February 2006. By Werner G. Heim.
Who Needs a Faculty Senate? November-December 2005. By Robin Matross Helms and Tanya Price.
Some Branches Were More Equal Than Others. November- December 2005. By Richard Veit.
May-June 2005. Shared Governance Under Fire.
A University Senate for All. By Gary Engstrand.
Sunshine Laws in Higher Education. By James C. Hearn & Michael K. McLendon.
Auburn University: A Case Study in the Need for Sunshine. By Larry Gerber.
Capitalism, Academic Style, and Shared Governance. By Gary Rhoades.
When Divorce is Not an Option: The Board and the Faculty. By William C. Tierney.
What Makes Shared Governance Work? An Australian Perspective. By Jan Currie
For The Record: Born Free but in Chains: Academic Freedom and Rights of Governance. March-April 2005.
Auburn Put on Probation by Accreditor. March-April 2004. Nota Bene.
AAUP President Outlines Governance Problems. January-February 2004. AAUP At Work.
Faculty Successfully Oppose Presidential Candidate. July-August 2003. Nota Bene.
Should Faculty Be "Managed"? May-June 2003. By Joseph A. Raelin.
July-August 2002. Reappraising the Value of Shared Governance.
Civic Engagement, Shared Governance, and Community Colleges. By Carol A. Lucey.
LaGuardia Community College: A Case Study in Academic Audacity. By Joanne Reitano.
Shared Governance in the California Community Colleges. By Linda Collins.
The Critical State of Shared Governance. By Joan Wallach Scott.
Survey on Shared Governance Available. Nota Bene
VSU Board Dissolves Faculty Council. November-December 2001. Nota Bene.
May-June 2001. In It Together: Faculties, Administrations, and Shared Governance
Conditions of Collaboration: A Dean’s List of Dos and Don’ts. By Philip A. Glotzbach.
"Inextricably Linked": Shared Governance and Academic Freedom. By Larry G. Gerber.
Why Committees Don’t Work: Creating a Structure for Change. By William G. Tierney.
Faculty Governance, the University of California, and the Future of Academe. By David A. Hollinger.
The Well-Tempered Search: Hiring Faculty and Administrators for Mission. By Patricia van der Vorm.
Tough Choices at Radford University. By Susan Barnard & Ann Ferren.
Board Overrides Faculty Recommendation on Curriculum at George Mason University. September-October 2000. Nota Bene.
Professor Fights for Say on Student Absences. May-June 2000. By Hans P. Johnson. Nota Bene.
Shared Governance Prevails at Santa Clara University. May-June 2000. By Hans P. Johnson. Nota Bene.
Presidential Search Committee Checklist. By Muriel E. Poston. September-October 1997.
Other Useful Links
Faculty Senates, Selected Institutions. Updated November 2005. By Robert V. Labaree. A tool for finding lists of faculty governance organizations by state.
Colleges and Universities, United States. A list of home pages for U.S. universities and colleges.
Colleges and Universities, International. Links to institutions of higher education worldwide.
Resources on Surveying the Governance Climate
AAUP Policy Analysis
Some Legal Aspects Of Collegial Governance. 2003. By Donna Euben. AAUP.
Other AAUP Resources
Evaluation of Shared Governance. AAUP. A list of questions designed to allow for the immediate evaluation of the state of shared government at institutions of higher education, for preparation of assessment reports, and for evaluation and enhancement of shared governance.
Indicators of Sound Governance. 1994. By Keetjie Ramo. A tool for assessing the faculty's role in shared governance and can be ordered by e-mail.
• Introduction
• Survey Instrument (.pdf)
Survey on Higher Education Governance. 2001. By Gabriel Kaplan. AAUP and the American Conference of Academic Deans.
• Survey Instrument (.pdf)
• Survey Results (.pdf)
Off-prints of articles on governance from the 1997 September-October issue of Academe, "Behind Closed Doors? Reaffirming the Value of Shared Governance," are available in hard copy. Copies are available free of charge (except for postage for orders of ten copies or more).
The off-prints contain the following articles:
• Reaffirming the Value of Shared Governance. By Larry Gerber.
• University Presidential Searches: Exercises in Secrecy or Shared Governance? By Dennis M. Clausen.
• Presidential Search Committee Checklist. By Muriel Poston.
• Faculty and Governing Boards: Building Bridges. By James Perley.
• Reforming Shared Governance: Do the Arguments Hold Up? By Keetjie Ramo.
Resources on Organizing and Running a Faculty Senate
AAUP Resources
The AAUP's response to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Report Facing Change: Building the Faculty of the Future. 1999.
Good Practice in Tenure Evaluation. American Council on Education, AAUP, and United Educators Insurance. 2000. This report tackles the fundamental issue of how colleges and universities can improve their tenure processes. (.pdf)
Other Resources
Traits of Effective Senates. By Joseph Flynn. AAHE/National Network of Faculty Senates. A checklist of traits.
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