NLU Governance

Understanding our Structure

November, 2012

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GOVERNANCE OVERVIEW

• Our goal is to advance the institution through: Shared decision making Clear lines of responsibility and accountability. Focusing on process and results. Being efficient and nimble. Ensuring good communication

• Our governance process is a key vehicle by which we must accomplish this – there must be clear charges and scope of work to be effective.

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THE BIG PICTURE

Board

• Delegates authority to manage university to the president

President

• Empowers and delegates to leadership to manage • Delegates academic governance to the faculty.

Governance

• Committee and organizational structure created to share decision making and accountability in the service of advancing the institution.

• Crosses faculty, staff, college and university levels.

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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES – PRIMARILY OVERSEE POLICY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

Board Oversight

Review Purpose

and MissionOversee and

approve education

program changes and Quality

Assist with fund raising.

Oversee Investment

and Financial Plan

Appoint the President

Approve policies e.g. P and T,

Workload, Salary Policies

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BOARD COMMITTEES

Academic and Student Affairs Committee

Finance Committee

Institutional Advancement Committee

Audit Committee

Exec. Committee PNC, Bd. Membership

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GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE - EXECUTIVE

President’s CabinetLeadership Team• Strategic Plan Management.• Overarching strategic,

Operational, and Management issues.

• Budgetary oversight

Shared Governance Committees on Operational Topics• EOG• STP• BISG• Etc..• Ad Hoc Structures – e.g.

Retention TaskForce

Academic Cabinet• Oversees academic

enterprise.• Works collaboratively with

stakeholders across the institution – academic quality, new programs, reengineered programs, program modalities, academic strategies.

• Cross functional “PM” approach.

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GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE - MANAGEMENT

Faculty Governance structure• Faculty Senate• Committee

Structure

Staff Council• Staff

representation on key issues.

ULC• Faculty• Staff• Administration• Elected

separately from other structures.

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FACULTY GOVERNANCE – COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STRUCTURES.

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Function Univ. level

College-Level

Functions/Comments Current Senate Committees

Faculty Senate X

Curriculum ReviewPromotion & TenureStudent Academic Policy CommitteeFaculty Development & WelfareFaculty Academic Support & TechnologyFinance-advisory function

Senate Finance Committee

Curriculum Review X

Need constitutional changes at FA & Colleges levels.

Senate Curriculum Committee Senate Academic Planning Committee

Promotion & Tenure X X

This function is best performed at the college level first due to collegial relationships and knowledge of faculty between each other. University level function would be to affirm the college recommendations in accordance with the faculty member being tenured and employed by the university.

Institutional Promotion and Tenure Committee

Student Academic Policy Committee X

Admissions & retention, Academic policiesAcademic standards

Student Academic Standards Committee

Faculty Devt. nt & Welfare X

Welfare & compensation, Standards, scholarship, Development, WorkloadSabbatical, Awards & recognitionAdjuncts, Faculty evaluations

Faculty Development Committee Sabbatical Committee , FWCCFaculty Standards, Evaluations and Appeals Committee

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Function University-level

College-Level

Functions/Comments Current Senate Committees

Outcomes Assessment

Provost Office X

Discuss w Marsha. Need articulated infrastructure. Each college has specific curriculum level assessment requirements by 3rd parties. All colleges need university support for assessment work. Need for university level assessment for accrediting bodies.

Student Appeals Provost Office X Current system works.

Student Experiences

Discuss 02/22/13

Constitutions & Policies

How does this impact/relate ULCDiscuss 02/22/13

Planning Discuss 02/22/13